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SILLAGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sillago mean?
• SILLAGO (noun)
The noun SILLAGO has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Sillaginidae
Familiarity information: SILLAGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Sillaginidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sillago; Sillago
Hypernyms ("Sillago" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Sillago"):
whiting (a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish)
Holonyms ("Sillago" is a member of...):
family Sillaginidae; Sillaginidae (small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia)
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