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GENUS HALICOERES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Halicoeres mean?
• GENUS HALICOERES (noun)
The noun GENUS HALICOERES has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Labridae
Familiarity information: GENUS HALICOERES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Labridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Halicoeres; Halicoeres
Hypernyms ("genus Halicoeres" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Halicoeres"):
Halicoeres bivittatus; slippery dick (small wrasse of tropical Atlantic)
Halicoeres radiatus; pudding-wife; puddingwife (bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil)
Holonyms ("genus Halicoeres" is a member of...):
family Labridae; Labridae (wrasses)
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