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GENUS CARANX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Caranx mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Carangidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CARANX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Carangidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caranx; genus Caranx

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

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

Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)


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