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SCARTELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scartella mean? 

SCARTELLA (noun)
  The noun SCARTELLA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Blenniidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SCARTELLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Blenniidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Scartella; Scartella

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Scartella"):

Molly Miller; Scartella cristata (inhabits both coasts of tropical Atlantic)

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

Blenniidae; family Blenniidae (a family of fish including: combtooth blennies)


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