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GENUS SELAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Selar mean?
• GENUS SELAR (noun)
The noun GENUS SELAR has 1 sense:
1. big-eyed scad
Familiarity information: GENUS SELAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Big-eyed scad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Selar; Selar
Hypernyms ("genus Selar" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Selar"):
big-eyed scad; bigeye scad; goggle-eye; Selar crumenophthalmus (of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait)
Holonyms ("genus Selar" is a member of...):
Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)
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