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RACHYCENTRON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rachycentron mean?
• RACHYCENTRON (noun)
The noun RACHYCENTRON has 1 sense:
1. genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia
Familiarity information: RACHYCENTRON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Rachycentron; Rachycentron
Hypernyms ("Rachycentron" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Rachycentron"):
cobia; Rachycentron canadum; sergeant fish (large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters)
Holonyms ("Rachycentron" is a member of...):
family Rachycentridae; Rachycentridae (family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia)
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