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GASTEROSTEUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Gasterosteus mean?

• GASTEROSTEUS (noun)
The noun GASTEROSTEUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Gasterosteidae

Familiarity information: GASTEROSTEUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GASTEROSTEUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Gasterosteidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gasterosteus; genus gasterosteus

Hypernyms ("Gasterosteus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Gasterosteus"):

Gasterosteus aculeatus; three-spined stickleback (of rivers and coastal regions)

Gasterosteus pungitius; ten-spined stickleback (confined to rivers)

Holonyms ("Gasterosteus" is a member of...):

family Gasterosteidae; Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)

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