HOLOCENTRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Holocentrus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLOCENTRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Holocentrus; Holocentrus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Holocentrus"):

Holocentrus coruscus; reef squirrelfish (on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America)

deepwater squirrelfish; Holocentrus bullisi (a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico)

Holocentrus ascensionis (bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda)

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

family Holocentridae; Holocentridae (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes)