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CHAENOPSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chaenopsis mean?
• CHAENOPSIS (noun)
The noun CHAENOPSIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies
Familiarity information: CHAENOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chaenopsis; genus Chaenopsis
Hypernyms ("Chaenopsis" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Chaenopsis"):
pikeblenny (tropical American fishes; males are aggressively defensive of their territory)
bluethroat pikeblenny; Chaenopsis ocellata (found from Florida to Cuba)
Holonyms ("Chaenopsis" is a member of...):
Clinidae; family Clinidae (viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas)
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