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GENUS PAPRILUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Paprilus mean?
• GENUS PAPRILUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PAPRILUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Stromateidae
Familiarity information: GENUS PAPRILUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Stromateidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Paprilus; Paprilus
Hypernyms ("genus Paprilus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Paprilus"):
harvestfish; Paprilus alepidotus (butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina)
Holonyms ("genus Paprilus" is a member of...):
family Stromateidae; Stromateidae (butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes)
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