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GENUS ECHENEIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Echeneis mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remorasplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ECHENEIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Echeneididae: typical remoras

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Echeneis; genus Echeneis

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Echeneis"):

Echeneis naucrates; sharksucker (remoras found attached to sharks)

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

Echeneididae; family Echeneidae; family Echeneididae (fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships)


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