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OXYLEBIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxylebius mean?
• OXYLEBIUS (noun)
The noun OXYLEBIUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Hexagrammidae
Familiarity information: OXYLEBIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Hexagrammidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Oxylebius; Oxylebius
Hypernyms ("Oxylebius" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Oxylebius"):
convict fish; convictfish; Oxylebius pictus; painted greenling (greenling with whitish body marked with black bands)
Holonyms ("Oxylebius" is a member of...):
family Hexagrammidae; Hexagrammidae (greenlings)
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