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GENUS SARDINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sardina mean?
• GENUS SARDINA (noun)
The noun GENUS SARDINA has 1 sense:
1. pilchards
Familiarity information: GENUS SARDINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pilchards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sardina; genus Sardinia; Sardina
Hypernyms ("genus Sardina" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sardina"):
pilchard; Sardina pilchardus; sardine (small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring)
Holonyms ("genus Sardina" is a member of...):
Clupeidae; family Clupeidae (herrings; shad; sardines; etc.)
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