GENUS POMACENTRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pomacentrus mean? 

• GENUS POMACENTRUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS POMACENTRUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS POMACENTRUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pomacentrus; Pomacentrus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pomacentrus"):

beaugregory; Pomacentrus leucostictus (a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies)

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

family Pomacentridae; Pomacentridae (damselfishes)