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PHOXINUS PHOXINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Phoxinus phoxinus mean?
• PHOXINUS PHOXINUS (noun)
The noun PHOXINUS PHOXINUS has 1 sense:
1. very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
Familiarity information: PHOXINUS PHOXINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
minnow; Phoxinus phoxinus
Hypernyms ("Phoxinus phoxinus" is a kind of...):
cyprinid; cyprinid fish (soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales)
Holonyms ("Phoxinus phoxinus" is a member of...):
genus Phoxinus; Phoxinus (minnows)
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