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GENUS LOLIGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Loligo mean? 

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

1. squidsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS LOLIGO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Squids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "genus Loligo"):

loligo (somewhat flattened cylindrical squid)

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

Decapoda; order Decapoda (squids and cuttlefishes)


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