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HIPSURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hipsurus mean?
• HIPSURUS (noun)
The noun HIPSURUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Embiotocidae
Familiarity information: HIPSURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Embiotocidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Hipsurus; Hipsurus
Hypernyms ("Hipsurus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Hipsurus"):
Hipsurus caryi; rainbow perch; rainbow seaperch (Pacific coast fish)
Holonyms ("Hipsurus" is a member of...):
Embiotocidae; family Embiotocidae (viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes)
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