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LOPHOLATILUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lopholatilus mean?
• LOPHOLATILUS (noun)
The noun LOPHOLATILUS has 1 sense:
1. large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters
Familiarity information: LOPHOLATILUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lopholatilus; Lopholatilus
Hypernyms ("Lopholatilus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Lopholatilus"):
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps; tilefish (yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters)
Holonyms ("Lopholatilus" is a member of...):
family Malacanthidae; Malacanthidae (short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored)
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