PRIACANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Priacanthus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Priacanthidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIACANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Priacanthidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Priacanthus; Priacanthus

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Priacanthus"):

bigeye (red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales)

catalufa; Priacanthus arenatus (brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters)

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

family Priacanthidae; Priacanthidae (small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas)