GENUS NOTROPIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Notropis mean? 

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

1. shiners

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS NOTROPIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shiners

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Notropis; Notropis

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Notropis"):

common shiner; Notropis cornutus; silversides (the common North American shiner)

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

Cyprinidae; family Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)