GENUS ANGUILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anguilla mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Anguillidae: eels

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ANGUILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Anguillidae: eels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anguilla; genus Anguilla

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Anguilla"):

common eel; freshwater eel (eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked)

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

Anguillidae; family Anguillidae (eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn)