ETROPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Etropus mean? 

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

1. a genus of Bothidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETROPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Bothidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Etropus; genus Etropus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Etropus"):

Etropus rimosus; gray flounder; grey flounder (flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico)

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

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