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LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Leuciscus cephalus mean?
• LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS (noun)
The noun LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS has 1 sense:
1. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
Familiarity information: LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
chub; Leuciscus cephalus
Hypernyms ("Leuciscus cephalus" is a kind of...):
cyprinid; cyprinid fish (soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales)
Holonyms ("Leuciscus cephalus" is a member of...):
genus Leuciscus; Leuciscus (a genus of fish including: dace, chub)
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