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GENUS PHOXINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phoxinus mean?
• GENUS PHOXINUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PHOXINUS has 1 sense:
1. minnows
Familiarity information: GENUS PHOXINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minnows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Phoxinus; Phoxinus
Hypernyms ("genus Phoxinus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Phoxinus"):
minnow; Phoxinus phoxinus (very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams)
Holonyms ("genus Phoxinus" is a member of...):
Cyprinidae; family Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)
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