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GENUS SCOPHTHALMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scophthalmus mean? 

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

1. a genus of Bothidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS SCOPHTHALMUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Bothidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Scophthalmus; Scophthalmus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Scophthalmus"):

Scophthalmus aquosus; windowpane (very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America)

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

Bothidae; family Bothidae (a family of fish of the order Heterosomata)


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