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GENUS POLYPRION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Polyprion mean?
• GENUS POLYPRION (noun)
The noun GENUS POLYPRION has 1 sense:
1. wreckfish
Familiarity information: GENUS POLYPRION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wreckfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Polyprion; Polyprion
Hypernyms ("genus Polyprion" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Polyprion"):
Polyprion americanus; stone bass; wreckfish (brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks)
Holonyms ("genus Polyprion" is a member of...):
family Serranidae; Serranidae (marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish)
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