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GONORHYNCHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gonorhynchus mean? 

GONORHYNCHUS (noun)
  The noun GONORHYNCHUS has 1 sense:

1. slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teethplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GONORHYNCHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Gonorhynchus; Gonorhynchus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Gonorhynchus"):

beaked salmon; Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus; sandfish (fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand)

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

family Gonorhynchidae; Gonorhynchidae (coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus)


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