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GENUS SCOMBER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scomber mean?
• GENUS SCOMBER (noun)
The noun GENUS SCOMBER has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Scombridae
Familiarity information: GENUS SCOMBER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Scombridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Scomber; Scomber
Hypernyms ("genus Scomber" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Scomber"):
common mackerel; Scomber scombrus; shiner (important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales)
Scomber colias; Spanish mackerel (medium-sized mackerel of temperate Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico)
chub mackerel; Scomber japonicus; tinker (small mackerel found nearly worldwide)
Holonyms ("genus Scomber" is a member of...):
family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)
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