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GENUS ALECTIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alectis mean?
• GENUS ALECTIS (noun)
The noun GENUS ALECTIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Carangidae
Familiarity information: GENUS ALECTIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Carangidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alectis; genus Alectis
Hypernyms ("genus Alectis" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Alectis"):
Alectis ciliaris; thread-fish; threadfish (fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins)
Holonyms ("genus Alectis" is a member of...):
Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)
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