GENUS ESOX

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Meaning:

Type and only genus of the family Esocidae

Synonyms:

Esox; genus Esox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Esox" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Esox"):

pike (any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere)

Holonyms ("genus Esox" is a member of...):

Esocidae; family Esocidae (pikes; pickerels; muskellunges)