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COTTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cottus mean?
• COTTUS (noun)
The noun COTTUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins
Familiarity information: COTTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cottus; genus Cottus
Hypernyms ("Cottus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Cottus"):
bullhead (freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines)
miller's-thumb (small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America)
Holonyms ("Cottus" is a member of...):
Cottidae; family Cottidae (sculpins)
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