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BESSY CERCA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bessy cerca mean?
• BESSY CERCA (noun)
The noun BESSY CERCA has 1 sense:
1. tropical Atlantic fish
Familiarity information: BESSY CERCA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical Atlantic fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Balistes vetula; Bessy cerca; oldwench; oldwife; queen triggerfish
Hypernyms ("Bessy cerca" is a kind of...):
triggerfish (any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin)
Holonyms ("Bessy cerca" is a member of...):
Balistes; genus Balistes (type genus of the Balistidae)
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