NOUN | plant | Pholidota, genus Pholidota | genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific |
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animal | Pholidota, order Pholidota | pangolins |
Meaning | genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific. | |
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Synonym | genus Pholidota | |
Member of | Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family | enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks / rootstocks and unusual flowers |
Members | rattlesnake orchid | Any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
Spanish | genus pholidota, pholidota | |
Catalan | genus pholidota, pholidota |
Meaning | pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata. | |
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Synonym | order Pholidota | |
Member of | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
Members | Manidae, family Manidae | coextensive with the order Pholidota |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
Spanish | folidotos | |
Catalan | folidots, Pholidota |
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