LUTJANUS BLACKFORDI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lutjanus blackfordi mean? 

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

1. an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUTJANUS BLACKFORDI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Lutjanus blackfordi; red snapper

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

snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)

Meronyms (parts of "Lutjanus blackfordi"):

red snapper (highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico)

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

genus Lutjanus; Lutjanus (type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers)