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MARGATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does margate mean?
• MARGATE (noun)
The noun MARGATE has 1 sense:
1. a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil
Familiarity information: MARGATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Haemulon album; margate
Hypernyms ("margate" is a kind of...):
grunt (medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught)
Holonyms ("margate" is a member of...):
genus Haemulon; Haemulon (type genus of the Haemulidae)
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