EUTHYNNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euthynnus mean? 

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

1. a genus of Scombridae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUTHYNNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Scombridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Euthynnus; genus Euthynnus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Euthynnus"):

Euthynnus pelamis; skipjack; skipjack tuna (oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito)

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

family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)