LOUVAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does louvar mean? 

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

1. large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOUVAR (noun)

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Meaning:

Large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

louvar; Luvarus imperialis

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

scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)

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

genus Luvarus; Luvarus (type genus of the Luvaridae)