TRIGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Triga mean? 

• TRIGA (noun)
  The noun TRIGA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Triglidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Triglidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Triga; Triga

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Triga"):

Trigla lucerna; tub gurnard; yellow gurnard (a kind of gurnard)

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

family Triglidae; Triglidae (in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins))