LUTJANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lutjanus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUTJANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lutjanus; Lutjanus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Lutjanus"):

Lutjanus blackfordi; red snapper (an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico)

gray snapper; grey snapper; Lutjanus griseus; mangrove snapper (found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida)

Lutjanus apodus; schoolmaster (food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters)

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

family Lutjanidae; Lutjanidae (snappers)