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PLEURONECTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pleuronectes mean?
• PLEURONECTES (noun)
The noun PLEURONECTES has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Pleuronectidae
Familiarity information: PLEURONECTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Pleuronectidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pleuronectes; Pleuronectes
Hypernyms ("Pleuronectes" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Pleuronectes"):
plaice; Pleuronectes platessa (large European food fish)
Holonyms ("Pleuronectes" is a member of...):
family Pleuronectidae; Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders)
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