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POMACENTRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pomacentrus mean?
• POMACENTRUS (noun)
The noun POMACENTRUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes
Familiarity information: POMACENTRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pomacentrus; Pomacentrus
Hypernyms ("Pomacentrus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Pomacentrus"):
beaugregory; Pomacentrus leucostictus (a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies)
Holonyms ("Pomacentrus" is a member of...):
family Pomacentridae; Pomacentridae (damselfishes)
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