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OLIGOPLITES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oligoplites mean?
• OLIGOPLITES (noun)
The noun OLIGOPLITES has 1 sense:
1. leatherjackets
Familiarity information: OLIGOPLITES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leatherjackets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Oligoplites; Oligoplites
Hypernyms ("Oligoplites" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Oligoplites"):
leatherjack; leatherjacket (any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales)
Holonyms ("Oligoplites" is a member of...):
Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)
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