GENUS ARCHOSARGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Archosargus mean? 

• GENUS ARCHOSARGUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ARCHOSARGUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Sparidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARCHOSARGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Sparidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Archosargus; genus Archosargus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Archosargus" is a member of...):

family Sparidae; Sparidae (porgies; scups)