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CHAETODIPTERUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chaetodipterus mean?
• CHAETODIPTERUS (noun)
The noun CHAETODIPTERUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Ephippidae
Familiarity information: CHAETODIPTERUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Ephippidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chaetodipterus; genus Chaetodipterus
Hypernyms ("Chaetodipterus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Chaetodipterus"):
angelfish; Chaetodipterus faber; spadefish (deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters)
Holonyms ("Chaetodipterus" is a member of...):
Ephippidae; family Ephippidae (small family comprising the spadefishes)
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