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SELAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Selar mean? 

SELAR (noun)
  The noun SELAR has 1 sense:

1. big-eyed scadplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SELAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Big-eyed scad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Selar; Selar

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Selar"):

big-eyed scad; bigeye scad; goggle-eye; Selar crumenophthalmus (of Atlantic coastal waters; commonly used for bait)

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

Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)


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