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HOLOCENTRUS ASCENSIONIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Holocentrus ascensionis mean? 

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

1. bright red fish of West Indies and Bermudaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HOLOCENTRUS ASCENSIONIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

squirrelfish (very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark)

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

genus Holocentrus; Holocentrus (type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes)


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