GENUS PERISTEDION
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Peristedion mean? • GENUS PERISTEDION (noun)
The noun GENUS PERISTEDION has 1 sense:
1. in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins
Familiarity information: GENUS PERISTEDION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS PERISTEDION (noun)
Meaning:
In some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Peristedion; Peristedion
Hypernyms ("genus Peristedion" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Peristedion"):
armored sea robin; armored searobin; Peristedion miniatum (sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope)
Holonyms ("genus Peristedion" is a member of...):
family Triglidae; Triglidae (in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins))
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