GENUS PRIACANTHUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Priacanthidae

Synonyms:

genus Priacanthus; Priacanthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Priacanthus"):

bigeye (red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales)

catalufa; Priacanthus arenatus (brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters)

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

family Priacanthidae; Priacanthidae (small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas)