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HOLOCENTRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes
Synonyms:
genus Holocentrus; Holocentrus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Holocentrus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Holocentrus"):
Holocentrus coruscus; reef squirrelfish (on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America)
deepwater squirrelfish; Holocentrus bullisi (a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico)
Holocentrus ascensionis (bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda)
Holonyms ("Holocentrus" is a member of...):
family Holocentridae; Holocentridae (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes)