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GENUS EPTATRETUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eptatretus mean?
• GENUS EPTATRETUS (noun)
The noun GENUS EPTATRETUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of fossil fish of the family Myxinidae
Familiarity information: GENUS EPTATRETUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of fossil fish of the family Myxinidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Eptatretus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Eptatretus"):
eptatretus (a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus)
Holonyms ("genus Eptatretus" is a member of...):
family Myxinidae; Myxinidae (slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes)
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