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CARANX HIPPOS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Caranx hippos mean?
• CARANX HIPPOS (noun)
The noun CARANX HIPPOS has 1 sense:
1. fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Familiarity information: CARANX HIPPOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Caranx hippos; crevalle jack; jack crevalle
Hypernyms ("Caranx hippos" is a kind of...):
jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)
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