COREGONUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coregonus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COREGONUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Coregonus; genus Coregonus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Coregonus"):

Coregonus clupeaformis; lake whitefish (found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska)

cisco; Coregonus artedi; lake herring (important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America)

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

Coregonidae; family Coregonidae (soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae)