GENUS CHAENOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chaenopsis mean? 

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

1. a genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CHAENOPSIS (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chaenopsis; genus Chaenopsis

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Chaenopsis"):

pikeblenny (tropical American fishes; males are aggressively defensive of their territory)

bluethroat pikeblenny; Chaenopsis ocellata (found from Florida to Cuba)

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

Clinidae; family Clinidae (viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas)