GENUS SILLAGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sillago mean? 

• GENUS SILLAGO (noun)
  The noun GENUS SILLAGO has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Sillaginidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SILLAGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Sillaginidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sillago; Sillago

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sillago"):

whiting (a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish)

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

family Sillaginidae; Sillaginidae (small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia)