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NOTROPIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Notropis mean?
• NOTROPIS (noun)
The noun NOTROPIS has 1 sense:
1. shiners
Familiarity information: NOTROPIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shiners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Notropis; Notropis
Hypernyms ("Notropis" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Notropis"):
common shiner; Notropis cornutus; silversides (the common North American shiner)
Holonyms ("Notropis" is a member of...):
Cyprinidae; family Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)
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