ROCCUS SAXATILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Roccus saxatilis mean? 

• ROCCUS SAXATILIS (noun)
  The noun ROCCUS SAXATILIS has 1 sense:

1. marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

  Familiarity information: ROCCUS SAXATILIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROCCUS SAXATILIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Roccus saxatilis; rockfish; striped bass; striper

Hypernyms ("Roccus saxatilis" is a kind of...):

sea bass (any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin)

Holonyms ("Roccus saxatilis" is a member of...):

genus Roccus; Roccus (a genus of Serranidae)