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KYPHOSUS SECTATRIX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kyphosus sectatrix mean?
• KYPHOSUS SECTATRIX (noun)
The noun KYPHOSUS SECTATRIX has 1 sense:
1. food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
Familiarity information: KYPHOSUS SECTATRIX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bermuda chub; Kyphosus sectatrix; rudderfish
Hypernyms ("Kyphosus sectatrix" is a kind of...):
sea chub (schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic)
Holonyms ("Kyphosus sectatrix" is a member of...):
genus Kyphosus; Kyphosus (type genus of the Kyphosidae)
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