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GENUS ICTIOBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ictiobus mean?
• GENUS ICTIOBUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ICTIOBUS has 1 sense:
1. buffalo fishes
Familiarity information: GENUS ICTIOBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Buffalo fishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Ictiobus; Ictiobus
Hypernyms ("genus Ictiobus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ictiobus"):
black buffalo; Ictiobus niger (fish of the lower Mississippi)
Holonyms ("genus Ictiobus" is a member of...):
Catostomidae; family Catostomidae (suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae)
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