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GENUS OXYLEBIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Oxylebius mean? 

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

1. a genus of Hexagrammidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS OXYLEBIUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Hexagrammidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Oxylebius; Oxylebius

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Oxylebius"):

convict fish; convictfish; Oxylebius pictus; painted greenling (greenling with whitish body marked with black bands)

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

family Hexagrammidae; Hexagrammidae (greenlings)


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