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LEUCISCUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of fish including: dace, chub
Synonyms:
genus Leuciscus; Leuciscus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Leuciscus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Leuciscus"):
dace; Leuciscus leuciscus (small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body)
chub; Leuciscus cephalus (European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body)
Holonyms ("Leuciscus" is a member of...):
Cyprinidae; family Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)