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CAPROS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Capros mean?
• CAPROS (noun)
The noun CAPROS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of fish in the family Caproidae
Familiarity information: CAPROS 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:
Capros; genus Capros
Hypernyms ("Capros" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Capros"):
boarfish; Capros aper (fish with a projecting snout)
Holonyms ("Capros" is a member of...):
Caproidae; family Caproidae (boarfishes)
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