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GENUS PAGRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pagrus mean?
• GENUS PAGRUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PAGRUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Sparidae
Familiarity information: GENUS PAGRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Sparidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pagrus; Pagrus
Hypernyms ("genus Pagrus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pagrus"):
Pagrus pagrus; red porgy (food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America)
Holonyms ("genus Pagrus" is a member of...):
family Sparidae; Sparidae (porgies; scups)
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