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GENUS SELENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Selene mean? 

GENUS SELENE (noun)
  The noun GENUS SELENE has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Carangidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS SELENE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS SELENE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Carangidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Selene; Selene

Hypernyms ("genus Selene" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Holonyms ("genus Selene" 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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