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GENUS SELENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Selene mean?
• GENUS SELENE (noun)
The noun GENUS SELENE has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Carangidae
Familiarity information: GENUS SELENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Carangidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Selene; Selene
Hypernyms ("genus Selene" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Holonyms ("genus Selene" is a member of...):
Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)
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