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GONORHYNCHUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth
Synonyms:
genus Gonorhynchus; Gonorhynchus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gonorhynchus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Gonorhynchus"):
beaked salmon; Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus; sandfish (fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand)
Holonyms ("Gonorhynchus" is a member of...):
family Gonorhynchidae; Gonorhynchidae (coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus)