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HOLOCENTRUS ASCENSIONIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Holocentrus ascensionis mean?
• HOLOCENTRUS ASCENSIONIS (noun)
The noun HOLOCENTRUS ASCENSIONIS has 1 sense:
1. bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda
Familiarity information: HOLOCENTRUS ASCENSIONIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOLOCENTRUS ASCENSIONIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Holocentrus ascensionis" is a kind of...):
squirrelfish (very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark)
Holonyms ("Holocentrus ascensionis" is a member of...):
genus Holocentrus; Holocentrus (type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes)
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