LUMPENUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lumpenus mean? 

• LUMPENUS (noun)
  The noun LUMPENUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Stichaeidae

  Familiarity information: LUMPENUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUMPENUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Stichaeidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lumpenus; Lumpenus

Hypernyms ("Lumpenus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Lumpenus"):

Lumpenus lumpretaeformis; snakeblenny (found in Arctic and northern Atlantic waters)

eelblenny (eellike fishes found in subarctic coastal waters)

Holonyms ("Lumpenus" is a member of...):

family Stichaeidae; Stichaeidae (pricklebacks)