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POLYODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polyodon mean? 

POLYODON (noun)
  The noun POLYODON has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Polyodontidaeplay

  Familiarity information: POLYODON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POLYODON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Polyodontidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Polyodon; Polyodon

Hypernyms ("Polyodon" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Polyodon"):

duckbill; paddlefish; Polyodon spathula (primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout)

Holonyms ("Polyodon" is a member of...):

family Polyodontidae; Polyodontidae (paddlefishes)


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