GENUS ESOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Esox mean? 

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

1. type and only genus of the family Esocidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ESOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type and only genus of the family Esocidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Esox; genus Esox

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Esox"):

pike (any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere)

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

Esocidae; family Esocidae (pikes; pickerels; muskellunges)