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PERISTEDION MINIATUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peristedion miniatum mean?
• PERISTEDION MINIATUM (noun)
The noun PERISTEDION MINIATUM has 1 sense:
1. sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
Familiarity information: PERISTEDION MINIATUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
armored sea robin; armored searobin; Peristedion miniatum
Hypernyms ("Peristedion miniatum" is a kind of...):
sea robin; searobin (American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries)
Holonyms ("Peristedion miniatum" is a member of...):
genus Peristedion; Peristedion (in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins)
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