LAMPRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lampris mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Lampridae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMPRIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Lampridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lampris; Lampris

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Lampris"):

Lampris regius; moonfish; opah (large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean)

Lampris guttatus; New World opah (from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico)

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

family Lampridae; Lampridae (opahs)