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GENUS ABUDEFDUF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Abudefduf mean? 

GENUS ABUDEFDUF (noun)
  The noun GENUS ABUDEFDUF has 1 sense:

1. damsel fishesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS ABUDEFDUF used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ABUDEFDUF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Damsel fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Abudefduf; genus Abudefduf

Hypernyms ("genus Abudefduf" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Abudefduf"):

Abudefduf saxatilis; sergeant major (large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide)

Holonyms ("genus Abudefduf" is a member of...):

family Pomacentridae; Pomacentridae (damselfishes)


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