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ARCHOSARGUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Archosargus mean?
• ARCHOSARGUS (noun)
The noun ARCHOSARGUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Sparidae
Familiarity information: ARCHOSARGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Sparidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Archosargus; genus Archosargus
Hypernyms ("Archosargus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Archosargus"):
Archosargus rhomboidalis; Atlantic sea bream (sea bream of warm Atlantic waters)
Archosargus probatocephalus; sheepshead (large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico)
Holonyms ("Archosargus" is a member of...):
family Sparidae; Sparidae (porgies; scups)
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