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GENUS SARDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sarda mean?
• GENUS SARDA (noun)
The noun GENUS SARDA has 1 sense:
1. bonitos
Familiarity information: GENUS SARDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bonitos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sarda; Sarda
Hypernyms ("genus Sarda" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sarda"):
bonito (any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas)
Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda; skipjack (medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna)
Chile bonito; Chilean bonito; Pacific bonito; Sarda chiliensis (common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well)
Holonyms ("genus Sarda" is a member of...):
family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)
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