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RACHYCENTRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rachycentron mean? 

RACHYCENTRON (noun)
  The noun RACHYCENTRON has 1 sense:

1. genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobiaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


RACHYCENTRON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rachycentron; Rachycentron

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Rachycentron"):

cobia; Rachycentron canadum; sergeant fish (large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters)

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

family Rachycentridae; Rachycentridae (family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia)


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