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OPHIODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophiodon mean?
• OPHIODON (noun)
The noun OPHIODON has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Ophiodontidae
Familiarity information: OPHIODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Ophiodontidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Ophiodon; Ophiodon
Hypernyms ("Ophiodon" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Ophiodon"):
lingcod; Ophiodon elongatus (food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings)
Holonyms ("Ophiodon" is a member of...):
family Ophiodontidae; Ophiodontidae (fishes closely related to greenlings)
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