Audio English.net » Dictionary » G » Goma ... Good Morning

GONORHYNCHUS GONORHYNCHUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus mean?

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

1. fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand

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

Dictionary entry details

• GONORHYNCHUS GONORHYNCHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

beaked salmon; Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus; sandfish

Hypernyms ("Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus" is a kind of...):

malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)

Holonyms ("Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus" is a member of...):

genus Gonorhynchus; Gonorhynchus (slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"God cures and the physician takes the fee." (English proverb)

"The more you mow the lawn, the faster the grass grows." (Albanian proverb)

"Blood can never turn into water." (Arabic proverb)

"The best helmsmen stand on shore" (Dutch proverb)

Page delivered in 1.2638 seconds