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POLYODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Polyodon mean?
• POLYODON (noun)
The noun POLYODON has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Polyodontidae
Familiarity information: POLYODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Polyodontidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Polyodon; Polyodon
Hypernyms ("Polyodon" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Polyodon"):
duckbill; paddlefish; Polyodon spathula (primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout)
Holonyms ("Polyodon" is a member of...):
family Polyodontidae; Polyodontidae (paddlefishes)
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