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LEPISOSTEUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars
Synonyms:
genus Lepisosteus; Lepisosteus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lepisosteus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Lepisosteus"):
billfish; gar; garfish; garpike; Lepisosteus osseus (primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth)
Holonyms ("Lepisosteus" is a member of...):
family Lepisosteidae; Lepisosteidae (comprises the genus Lepisosteus)
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