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GENUS SCLEROPAGES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scleropages mean?
• GENUS SCLEROPAGES (noun)
The noun GENUS SCLEROPAGES has 1 sense:
1. a genus of large freshwater fishes of Australia and Borneo
Familiarity information: GENUS SCLEROPAGES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of large freshwater fishes of Australia and Borneo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Scleropages; Scleropages
Hypernyms ("genus Scleropages" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Scleropages"):
Australian arowana; Dawson River salmon; saratoga; Scleropages leichardti; spotted barramundi; spotted bonytongue; Australian bonytongue; northern barramundi; Scleropages jardinii (a species of large fish found in Australian rivers)
Holonyms ("genus Scleropages" is a member of...):
family Osteoglossidae; Osteoglossidae (a family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues)
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