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ANTIGONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Antigonia mean?
• ANTIGONIA (noun)
The noun ANTIGONIA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of fish in the family Caproidae
Familiarity information: ANTIGONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of fish in the family Caproidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Antigonia; genus Antigonia
Hypernyms ("Antigonia" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Antigonia"):
boarfish (fish with large eyes and long snouts)
Holonyms ("Antigonia" is a member of...):
Caproidae; family Caproidae (boarfishes)
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