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GENUS ETROPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Etropus mean?
• GENUS ETROPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ETROPUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Bothidae
Familiarity information: GENUS ETROPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Bothidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Etropus; genus Etropus
Hypernyms ("genus Etropus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Etropus"):
Etropus rimosus; gray flounder; grey flounder (flounder found from North Carolina to Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico)
Holonyms ("genus Etropus" is a member of...):
Bothidae; family Bothidae (a family of fish of the order Heterosomata)
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