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MAXOSTOMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Maxostoma mean?
• MAXOSTOMA (noun)
The noun MAXOSTOMA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
Familiarity information: MAXOSTOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Maxostoma; Maxostoma
Hypernyms ("Maxostoma" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Maxostoma"):
redhorse; redhorse sucker (North American sucker with reddish fins)
Holonyms ("Maxostoma" is a member of...):
Catostomidae; family Catostomidae (suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae)
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