HEMIPTERONATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hemipteronatus mean? 

• HEMIPTERONATUS (noun)
  The noun HEMIPTERONATUS has 1 sense:

1. razor fish

  Familiarity information: HEMIPTERONATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMIPTERONATUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Razor fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hemipteronatus; Hemipteronatus

Hypernyms ("Hemipteronatus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Hemipteronatus"):

razor-fish; razor fish (any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean)

Hemipteronatus novacula; pearly razorfish (a kind of razor fish)

Holonyms ("Hemipteronatus" is a member of...):

family Labridae; Labridae (wrasses)