NAUCRATES DUCTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Naucrates ductor mean? 

• NAUCRATES DUCTOR (noun)
  The noun NAUCRATES DUCTOR has 1 sense:

1. small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas

  Familiarity information: NAUCRATES DUCTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAUCRATES DUCTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Naucrates ductor; pilotfish

Hypernyms ("Naucrates ductor" is a kind of...):

carangid; carangid fish (a percoid fish of the family Carangidae)

Holonyms ("Naucrates ductor" is a member of...):

genus Naucrates; Naucrates (a genus of Carangidae)