GENUS ALEPISAURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alepisaurus mean? 

• GENUS ALEPISAURUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ALEPISAURUS has 1 sense:

1. slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes

  Familiarity information: GENUS ALEPISAURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ALEPISAURUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alepisaurus; genus Alepisaurus

Hypernyms ("genus Alepisaurus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Alepisaurus"):

lancet fish; lancetfish; wolffish (large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail)

handsaw fish (a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus)

Holonyms ("genus Alepisaurus" is a member of...):

subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)