GENUS CHAETODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chaetodon mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Chaetodontidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CHAETODON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Chaetodontidae

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Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Chaetodon"):

chaetodon (any fish of the genus Chaetodon)

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

Chaetodontidae; family Chaetodontidae (butterfly fishes)