CITHARICHTHYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Citharichthys mean? 

• CITHARICHTHYS (noun)
  The noun CITHARICHTHYS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Bothidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITHARICHTHYS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Bothidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Citharichthys; genus Citharichthys

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Citharichthys"):

whiff (a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil)

sand dab (small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America)

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

Bothidae; family Bothidae (a family of fish of the order Heterosomata)