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PSEPHURUS GLADIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Psephurus gladis mean? 

PSEPHURUS GLADIS (noun)
  The noun PSEPHURUS GLADIS has 1 sense:

1. fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefishplay

  Familiarity information: PSEPHURUS GLADIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PSEPHURUS GLADIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chinese paddlefish; Psephurus gladis

Hypernyms ("Psephurus gladis" is a kind of...):

ganoid; ganoid fish (primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering)

Holonyms ("Psephurus gladis" is a member of...):

genus Psephurus; Psephurus (a genus of Polyodontidae)


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