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CHAETODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chaetodon mean?
• CHAETODON (noun)
The noun CHAETODON has 1 sense:
1. any fish of the genus Chaetodon
Familiarity information: CHAETODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any fish of the genus Chaetodon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("chaetodon" is a kind of...):
butterfly fish (small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide)
Holonyms ("chaetodon" is a member of...):
genus Chaetodon (type genus of the Chaetodontidae)
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