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SCOMBRESOX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scombresox mean?
• SCOMBRESOX (noun)
The noun SCOMBRESOX has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Scomberesocidae
Familiarity information: SCOMBRESOX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Scomberesocidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Scomberesox; genus Scombresox; Scomberesox; Scombresox
Hypernyms ("Scombresox" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Scombresox"):
billfish; saury; Scomberesox saurus (slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters)
Holonyms ("Scombresox" is a member of...):
family Scomberesocidae; family Scombresocidae; Scomberesocidae; Scombresocidae (only sauries)
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