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SERIPHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Seriphus mean? 

SERIPHUS (noun)
  The noun SERIPHUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Sciaenidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SERIPHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Sciaenidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Seriphus; Seriphus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Seriphus"):

queenfish; Seriphus politus; white croaker (silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters)

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

family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae (warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout)


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