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ALEPISAURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alepisaurus mean?
• ALEPISAURUS (noun)
The noun ALEPISAURUS has 1 sense:
1. slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes
Familiarity information: ALEPISAURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alepisaurus; genus Alepisaurus
Hypernyms ("Alepisaurus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Alepisaurus"):
lancet fish; lancetfish; wolffish (large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail)
handsaw fish (a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus)
Holonyms ("Alepisaurus" is a member of...):
subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)
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