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PSETTICHTHYS MELANOSTICHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Psettichthys melanostichus mean? 

PSETTICHTHYS MELANOSTICHUS (noun)
  The noun PSETTICHTHYS MELANOSTICHUS has 1 sense:

1. a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: PSETTICHTHYS MELANOSTICHUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PSETTICHTHYS MELANOSTICHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Psettichthys melanostichus; sand sole

Hypernyms ("Psettichthys melanostichus" is a kind of...):

sole (right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European)

Holonyms ("Psettichthys melanostichus" is a member of...):

genus Psettichthys; Psettichthys (a genus of Soleidae)


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