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HYPENTELIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hypentelium mean?
• HYPENTELIUM (noun)
The noun HYPENTELIUM has 1 sense:
1. a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
Familiarity information: HYPENTELIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Hypentelium; Hypentelium
Hypernyms ("Hypentelium" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Holonyms ("Hypentelium" is a member of...):
Catostomidae; family Catostomidae (suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae)
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