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GENUS EQUETUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Equetus mean?
• GENUS EQUETUS (noun)
The noun GENUS EQUETUS has 1 sense:
1. drumfish
Familiarity information: GENUS EQUETUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Drumfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Equetus; genus Equetus
Hypernyms ("genus Equetus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Equetus"):
Equetus pulcher; striped drum (a kind of drumfish)
Equetus lanceolatus; jackknife-fish (black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin)
Holonyms ("genus Equetus" is a member of...):
family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae (warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout)
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