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GENUS SERIPHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Seriphus mean? 

GENUS SERIPHUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS SERIPHUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Sciaenidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS SERIPHUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS SERIPHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Sciaenidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Seriphus; Seriphus

Hypernyms ("genus Seriphus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Seriphus"):

queenfish; Seriphus politus; white croaker (silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters)

Holonyms ("genus Seriphus" is a member of...):

family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae (warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout)


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