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NAUCRATES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Naucrates mean?
• NAUCRATES (noun)
The noun NAUCRATES has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Carangidae
Familiarity information: NAUCRATES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Carangidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Naucrates; Naucrates
Hypernyms ("Naucrates" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Naucrates"):
Naucrates ductor; pilotfish (small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas)
Holonyms ("Naucrates" is a member of...):
Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)
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