| NOUN | animal | Phaeophyceae, class Phaeophyceae | brown algae |
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| Meaning | brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae. | |
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| Synonym | class Phaeophyceae | |
| Member of | Phaeophyta, division Phaeophyta | coextensive with class Phaeophyceae |
| Members | Fucales, order Fucales | coextensive with the family Fucaceae |
| Laminariales, order Laminariales | In some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae | |
| brown algae | algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments | |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
| Spanish | feofíceas | |
| Catalan | feofícies, Phaeophyceae | |
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