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GENUS PLEURONECTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pleuronectes mean?
• GENUS PLEURONECTES (noun)
The noun GENUS PLEURONECTES has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Pleuronectidae
Familiarity information: GENUS PLEURONECTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Pleuronectidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pleuronectes; Pleuronectes
Hypernyms ("genus Pleuronectes" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pleuronectes"):
plaice; Pleuronectes platessa (large European food fish)
Holonyms ("genus Pleuronectes" is a member of...):
family Pleuronectidae; Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders)
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