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LUVARUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Luvarus mean?
• LUVARUS (noun)
The noun LUVARUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Luvaridae
Familiarity information: LUVARUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Luvaridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Luvarus; Luvarus
Hypernyms ("Luvarus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Luvarus"):
louvar; Luvarus imperialis (large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton)
Holonyms ("Luvarus" is a member of...):
family Luvaridae; Luvaridae (louvars)
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