EQUETUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Equetus mean? 

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

1. drumfish

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUETUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Drumfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Equetus; genus Equetus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Equetus"):

Equetus pulcher; striped drum (a kind of drumfish)

Equetus lanceolatus; jackknife-fish (black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin)

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

family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae (warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout)