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GENUS BALISTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Balistes mean?
• GENUS BALISTES (noun)
The noun GENUS BALISTES has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Balistidae
Familiarity information: GENUS BALISTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Balistidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Balistes; genus Balistes
Hypernyms ("genus Balistes" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Balistes"):
Balistes vetula; Bessy cerca; oldwench; oldwife; queen triggerfish (tropical Atlantic fish)
Holonyms ("genus Balistes" is a member of...):
Balistidae; family Balistidae (triggerfishes)
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