CHINESE PADDLEFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chinese paddlefish mean? 

• CHINESE PADDLEFISH (noun)
  The noun CHINESE PADDLEFISH has 1 sense:

1. fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish

  Familiarity information: CHINESE PADDLEFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINESE PADDLEFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chinese paddlefish; Psephurus gladis

Hypernyms ("Chinese paddlefish" is a kind of...):

ganoid; ganoid fish (primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering)

Holonyms ("Chinese paddlefish" is a member of...):

genus Psephurus; Psephurus (a genus of Polyodontidae)