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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

group, grouping go
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

biological group go
a group of plants or animals

taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon go
animal or plant group having natural relations

family go
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

protoctist family
any of the families of Protoctista

noun.animal

22 Subcategories

Globigerinidae, family Globigerinidae go
a family of protoctists
Nummulitidae, family Nummulitidae go
a family of fossil protoctists
Arcellidae, family Arcellidae go
soil and freshwater protozoa
Tribonemaceae, family Tribonemaceae go
simple filamentous freshwater yellow-green algae
Laminariaceae, family Laminariaceae go
large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters
Fucaceae, family Fucaceae go
small family of brown algae: gulfweeds
Euglenaceae, family Euglenaceae go
considered green algae
Ulvaceae, family Ulvaceae, sea-lettuce family go
thin flat or tubular green algae
Volvocaceae, family Volvocaceae go
unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates
Chlamydomonadaceae, family Chlamydomonadaceae go
green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome
Zygnemataceae, family Zygnemataceae go
pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses
Oedogoniaceae, family Oedogoniaceae go
filamentous green algae
Characeae, family Characeae go
green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts
Desmidiaceae, family Desmidiaceae go
unicellular algae
Gigartinaceae, family Gigartinaceae go
a family of protoctist
Rhodymeniaceae, family Rhodymeniaceae go
a family of protoctist
Bangiaceae, family Bangiaceae go
a family of protoctist
Peridiniidae, family Peridiniidae go
marine and freshwater dinoflagellates
Eimeriidae, family Eimeriidae go
a family of protoctist in the order Coccidia
Plasmodiidae, family Plasmodiidae go
malaria parasites
Haemoproteidae, family Haemoproteidae go
bird parasites
Babesiidae, family Babesiidae go
piroplasms and cattle pathogens