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GENUS PTEROIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pterois mean?
• GENUS PTEROIS (noun)
The noun GENUS PTEROIS has 1 sense:
1. lionfishes
Familiarity information: GENUS PTEROIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lionfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pterois; Pterois
Hypernyms ("genus Pterois" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pterois"):
lionfish (brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins)
Holonyms ("genus Pterois" is a member of...):
family Scorpaenidae; Scorpaenidae (scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes)
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