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BALISTES VETULA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Balistes vetula mean?
• BALISTES VETULA (noun)
The noun BALISTES VETULA has 1 sense:
1. tropical Atlantic fish
Familiarity information: BALISTES VETULA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical Atlantic fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Balistes vetula; Bessy cerca; oldwench; oldwife; queen triggerfish
Hypernyms ("Balistes vetula" is a kind of...):
triggerfish (any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin)
Holonyms ("Balistes vetula" is a member of...):
Balistes; genus Balistes (type genus of the Balistidae)
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