Translingual

Proper noun

Thermococci

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Euryarchaeota – thermophilic archaebacteria.

Hypernyms

• (class): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Archaea - superkingdom; Euryarchaeota - phylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Thermococcales - the only order

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521