GENUS STENOPTERYGIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Stenopterygius mean? 

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

1. a reptile genus of Ichthyosauridae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS STENOPTERYGIUS (noun)

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Meaning:

A reptile genus of Ichthyosauridae

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Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Stenopterygius"):

stenopterygius; Stenopterygius quadrisicissus (an ichthyosaur of the genus Stenopterygius)

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

family Ichthyosauridae; Ichthyosauridae (later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres)