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LACTOPHRYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lactophrys mean?
• LACTOPHRYS (noun)
The noun LACTOPHRYS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Ostraciidae
Familiarity information: LACTOPHRYS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Ostraciidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lactophrys; Lactophrys
Hypernyms ("Lactophrys" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Lactophrys"):
cowfish; Lactophrys quadricornis (trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes)
Holonyms ("Lactophrys" is a member of...):
family Ostraciidae; family Ostraciontidae; Ostraciidae (boxfishes)
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