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GENUS MALLOTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mallotus mean?
• GENUS MALLOTUS (noun)
The noun GENUS MALLOTUS has 1 sense:
1. capelins
Familiarity information: GENUS MALLOTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capelins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Mallotus; Mallotus
Hypernyms ("genus Mallotus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mallotus"):
capelan; capelin; caplin (very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes)
Holonyms ("genus Mallotus" is a member of...):
family Osmeridae; Osmeridae (smelts)
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