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GENUS RIVULUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rivulus mean?
• GENUS RIVULUS (noun)
The noun GENUS RIVULUS has 1 sense:
1. killifish
Familiarity information: GENUS RIVULUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Killifish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Rivulus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rivulus"):
rivulus (found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic)
Holonyms ("genus Rivulus" is a member of...):
Cyprinodontidae; family Cyprinodontidae (large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies)
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