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GENUS BRAMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Brama mean?
• GENUS BRAMA (noun)
The noun GENUS BRAMA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Bramidae
Familiarity information: GENUS BRAMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Bramidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Brama; genus Brama
Hypernyms ("genus Brama" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Brama"):
Brama raii; pomfret (deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food)
Holonyms ("genus Brama" is a member of...):
Bramidae; family Bramidae (deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas)
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