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SCOPHTHALMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scophthalmus mean?
• SCOPHTHALMUS (noun)
The noun SCOPHTHALMUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Bothidae
Familiarity information: SCOPHTHALMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Bothidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Scophthalmus; Scophthalmus
Hypernyms ("Scophthalmus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Scophthalmus"):
Scophthalmus aquosus; windowpane (very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America)
Holonyms ("Scophthalmus" is a member of...):
Bothidae; family Bothidae (a family of fish of the order Heterosomata)
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