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GENUS REGALECUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Regalecus mean? 

GENUS REGALECUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS REGALECUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Regalecidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS REGALECUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Regalecidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Regalecus; Reglaecus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Regalecus"):

king of the herring; oarfish; Regalecus glesne; ribbonfish (thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin)

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

family Regalecidae; Regalecidae (ribbonfishes)


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