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LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepisosteus osseus mean?

• LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS (noun)
The noun LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS has 1 sense:

1. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

Familiarity information: LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS (noun)

Sense 1

Lepisosteus osseus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

billfish; gar; garfish; garpike; Lepisosteus osseus

Hypernyms ("Lepisosteus osseus" is a kind of...):

ganoid; ganoid fish (primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering)

Holonyms ("Lepisosteus osseus" is a member of...):

genus Lepisosteus; Lepisosteus (type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars)

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