family peridiniidae

English Thesaurus

1. marine and freshwater dinoflagellates (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	protoctist family,
definition	:	any of the families of Protoctista (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus peridinium, peridinium,
definition	:	type genus of the family Peridiniidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	peridinian,
definition	:	flagellate with a thick test composed of plates (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cilioflagellata, dinoflagellata, order cilioflagellata, order dinoflagellata,
definition	:	in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta (noun.animal)