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GENUS RIVULUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rivulus mean?

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

1. killifish

Familiarity information: GENUS RIVULUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS RIVULUS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Rivulus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Killifish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Rivulus"):

rivulus (found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic)

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

Cyprinodontidae; family Cyprinodontidae (large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies)

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