GENUS FISTULARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Fistularia mean? 

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

1. type genus of the family Fistulariidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS FISTULARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Fistulariidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Fistularia; genus Fistularia

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Fistularia"):

cornetfish (slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales)

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

family Fistulariidae; Fistulariidae (cornetfishes)