ISTIOPHORUS ALBICANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Istiophorus albicans mean? 

• ISTIOPHORUS ALBICANS (noun)
  The noun ISTIOPHORUS ALBICANS has 1 sense:

1. a kind of sailfish

  Familiarity information: ISTIOPHORUS ALBICANS used as a noun is very rare.

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• ISTIOPHORUS ALBICANS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A kind of sailfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atlantic sailfish; Istiophorus albicans

Hypernyms ("Istiophorus albicans" is a kind of...):

sailfish (large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail)

Holonyms ("Istiophorus albicans" is a member of...):

genus Istiophorus; Istiophorus (type genus of the Istiophoridae)