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SERIPHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Seriphus mean?
• SERIPHUS (noun)
The noun SERIPHUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Sciaenidae
Familiarity information: SERIPHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Sciaenidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Seriphus; Seriphus
Hypernyms ("Seriphus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Seriphus"):
queenfish; Seriphus politus; white croaker (silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters)
Holonyms ("Seriphus" is a member of...):
family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae (warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout)
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