protoctist family
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1. any of the families of Protoctista (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | family globigerinidae, globigerinidae, |
| definition | : | a family of protoctists (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family nummulitidae, nummulitidae, |
| definition | : | a family of fossil protoctists (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | arcellidae, family arcellidae, |
| definition | : | soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tribonemaceae, tribonemaceae, |
| definition | : | simple filamentous freshwater yellow-green algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family laminariaceae, laminariaceae, |
| definition | : | large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family fucaceae, fucaceae, |
| definition | : | small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | euglenaceae, family euglenaceae, |
| definition | : | considered green algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ulvaceae, sea-lettuce family, ulvaceae, |
| definition | : | thin flat or tubular green algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family volvocaceae, volvocaceae, |
| definition | : | unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chlamydomonadaceae, family chlamydomonadaceae, |
| definition | : | green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family zygnemataceae, zygnemataceae, |
| definition | : | pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family oedogoniaceae, oedogoniaceae, |
| definition | : | filamentous green algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | characeae, family characeae, |
| definition | : | green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | desmidiaceae, family desmidiaceae, |
| definition | : | unicellular algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gigartinaceae, gigartinaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of protoctist (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family rhodymeniaceae, rhodymeniaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of protoctist (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bangiaceae, family bangiaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of protoctist (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family peridiniidae, peridiniidae, |
| definition | : | marine and freshwater dinoflagellates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | eimeriidae, family eimeriidae, |
| definition | : | a family of protoctist in the order Coccidia (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family plasmodiidae, plasmodiidae, |
| definition | : | malaria parasites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family haemoproteidae, haemoproteidae, |
| definition | : | bird parasites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | babesiidae, family babesiidae, |
| definition | : | piroplasms and cattle pathogens (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | kingdom protoctista, protoctista, |
| definition | : | in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals (noun.animal) |
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