MONOCANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monocanthus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Monocanthidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOCANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Monocanthidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Monocanthus; Monocanthus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Monocanthus"):

leatherfish; leatherjacket (any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes)

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

family Monocanthidae; Monocanthidae (filefishes)