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GENUS MONOCANTHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Monocanthus mean?
• GENUS MONOCANTHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS MONOCANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Monocanthidae
Familiarity information: GENUS MONOCANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Monocanthidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Monocanthus; Monocanthus
Hypernyms ("genus Monocanthus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Monocanthus"):
leatherfish; leatherjacket (any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes)
Holonyms ("genus Monocanthus" is a member of...):
family Monocanthidae; Monocanthidae (filefishes)
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