GENUS GADUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gadus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS GADUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gadus; genus Gadus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Gadus"):

cod; codfish (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)

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

family Gadidae; Gadidae (large family of important mostly marine food fishes)