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FISTULARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fistularia mean?
• FISTULARIA (noun)
The noun FISTULARIA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Fistulariidae
Familiarity information: FISTULARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Fistulariidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Fistularia; genus Fistularia
Hypernyms ("Fistularia" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Fistularia"):
cornetfish (slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales)
Holonyms ("Fistularia" is a member of...):
family Fistulariidae; Fistulariidae (cornetfishes)
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