Thalia

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Thalia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Salpidae – certain salps.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Marantaceae – alligator flags.

• (genus in Salpidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Urochordata - subphylum; Thaliacea - class; Salpida - order; Salpidae - family
• (genus in Marantaceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Zingiberales - order; Marantaceae - family

• (genus in Salpidae): Thalia democrita (common salp) - type species; see Thalia (Salpidae) on WikispeciesWikispecies for other species.
• (genus in Marantaceae): For species see Thalia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

salp

• Salpidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thalia (Salpidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thalia (Salpidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

genus in Marantaceae

• Thalia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thalia (Marantaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thalia (Marantaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From Ancient Greek Θαλία (Thalía) or Θάλεια (Tháleia); from Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “flourish, to be verdant”).

• IPA^(key): /θəˈlaɪ.ə/, /ˈθɑːliə/
• Rhymes: -aɪə

Thalia

1. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
2. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces/Charites.
3. (astronomy) 23 Thalia, a main belt asteroid.
4. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.

• (astronomy): 23 Thalia, ㉓

• antithalian
• thalian

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania

• hiatal, thaali

Thalia f

1. a female given name, variant of Tália