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GENUS MONOCANTHUS

• GENUS MONOCANTHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS MONOCANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Monocanthidae

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• GENUS MONOCANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Monocanthidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Monocanthus; Monocanthus

Hypernyms ("genus Monocanthus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Monocanthus"):

leatherfish; leatherjacket (any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes)

Holonyms ("genus Monocanthus" is a member of...):

family Monocanthidae; Monocanthidae (filefishes)

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