LEUCISCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leuciscus mean? 

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

1. a genus of fish including: dace, chub

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEUCISCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of fish including: dace, chub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Leuciscus; Leuciscus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Leuciscus"):

dace; Leuciscus leuciscus (small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body)

chub; Leuciscus cephalus (European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body)

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

Cyprinidae; family Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)