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TETRAGONURUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tetragonurus mean?
• TETRAGONURUS (noun)
The noun TETRAGONURUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Stromateidae
Familiarity information: TETRAGONURUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Stromateidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tetragonurus; Tetragonurus
Hypernyms ("Tetragonurus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Tetragonurus"):
squaretail (sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters)
Holonyms ("Tetragonurus" is a member of...):
family Stromateidae; Stromateidae (butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes)
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