PERISTEDION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peristedion mean? 

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

1. in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERISTEDION (noun)

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Meaning:

In some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Peristedion; Peristedion

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Peristedion"):

armored sea robin; armored searobin; Peristedion miniatum (sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope)

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

family Triglidae; Triglidae (in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins))