cryptophyta

English Thesaurus

1. a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	phylum,
definition	:	(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes (noun.group)

member holonym	:	class cryptophyceae, cryptophyceae,
definition	:	motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae (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)