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GENUS OMMASTREPHES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ommastrephes mean?
• GENUS OMMASTREPHES (noun)
The noun GENUS OMMASTREPHES has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Decapoda
Familiarity information: GENUS OMMASTREPHES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Decapoda
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Ommastrephes" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ommastrephes"):
ommastrephes (extremely active cylindrical squid with short strong arms and large rhombic terminal fins)
Holonyms ("genus Ommastrephes" is a member of...):
Decapoda; order Decapoda (squids and cuttlefishes)
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