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LEPIDOCYBIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepidocybium mean?
• LEPIDOCYBIUM (noun)
The noun LEPIDOCYBIUM has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Gempylidae
Familiarity information: LEPIDOCYBIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Gempylidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lepidocybium; Lepidocybium
Hypernyms ("Lepidocybium" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Lepidocybium"):
escolar; Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes)
Holonyms ("Lepidocybium" is a member of...):
family Gempylidae; Gempylidae (snake mackerels)
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