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MALLOTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mallotus mean? 

MALLOTUS (noun)
  The noun MALLOTUS has 1 sense:

1. capelinsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MALLOTUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capelins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Mallotus; Mallotus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Mallotus"):

capelan; capelin; caplin (very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes)

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

family Osmeridae; Osmeridae (smelts)


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