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SCOMBRESOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scombresox mean? 

SCOMBRESOX (noun)
  The noun SCOMBRESOX has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Scomberesocidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SCOMBRESOX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Scomberesocidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Scomberesox; genus Scombresox; Scomberesox; Scombresox

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Scombresox"):

billfish; saury; Scomberesox saurus (slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters)

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

family Scomberesocidae; family Scombresocidae; Scomberesocidae; Scombresocidae (only sauries)


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