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ALECTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alectis mean? 

ALECTIS (noun)
  The noun ALECTIS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Carangidaeplay

  Familiarity information: ALECTIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALECTIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Carangidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alectis; genus Alectis

Hypernyms ("Alectis" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Alectis"):

Alectis ciliaris; thread-fish; threadfish (fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins)

Holonyms ("Alectis" is a member of...):

Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)


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