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ALECTIS CILIARIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Alectis ciliaris mean?

• ALECTIS CILIARIS (noun)
The noun ALECTIS CILIARIS has 1 sense:

1. fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins

Familiarity information: ALECTIS CILIARIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALECTIS CILIARIS (noun)

Sense 1

Alectis ciliaris ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alectis ciliaris; thread-fish; threadfish

Hypernyms ("Alectis ciliaris" is a kind of...):

jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)

Holonyms ("Alectis ciliaris" is a member of...):

Alectis; genus Alectis (a genus of Carangidae)

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