GENUS LUVARUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Luvarus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Luvaridae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LUVARUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Luvaridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Luvarus; Luvarus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Luvarus"):

louvar; Luvarus imperialis (large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton)

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

family Luvaridae; Luvaridae (louvars)