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PORONOTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Poronotus mean?
• PORONOTUS (noun)
The noun PORONOTUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Stromateidae
Familiarity information: PORONOTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Stromateidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Poronotus; Poronotus
Hypernyms ("Poronotus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Poronotus"):
dollarfish; Poronotus triacanthus (small food fish of Atlantic coast)
Holonyms ("Poronotus" is a member of...):
family Stromateidae; Stromateidae (butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes)
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"Covering one's own ears while stealing a bell." (Chinese proverb)
"Still waters wash out banks." (Czech proverb)