CHAETODIPTERUS FABER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chaetodipterus faber mean? 

• CHAETODIPTERUS FABER (noun)
  The noun CHAETODIPTERUS FABER has 1 sense:

1. deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters

  Familiarity information: CHAETODIPTERUS FABER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAETODIPTERUS FABER (noun)

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Meaning:

Deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

angelfish; Chaetodipterus faber; spadefish

Hypernyms ("Chaetodipterus faber" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Holonyms ("Chaetodipterus faber" is a member of...):

Chaetodipterus; genus Chaetodipterus (a genus of Ephippidae)