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GENUS PROSOPIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Prosopium mean?
• GENUS PROSOPIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS PROSOPIUM has 1 sense:
1. whitefishes
Familiarity information: GENUS PROSOPIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Whitefishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Prosopium; Prosopium
Hypernyms ("genus Prosopium" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Prosopium"):
Menominee whitefish; Prosopium cylindraceum; round whitefish (a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America and Siberia)
Prosopium williamsonii; Rocky Mountain whitefish (whitefish of the western United States and Canada)
Holonyms ("genus Prosopium" is a member of...):
Coregonidae; family Coregonidae (soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae)
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