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ROCCUS SAXATILIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Roccus saxatilis mean?

• ROCCUS SAXATILIS (noun)
The noun ROCCUS SAXATILIS has 1 sense:

1. marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

Familiarity information: ROCCUS SAXATILIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ROCCUS SAXATILIS (noun)

Sense 1

Roccus saxatilis ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Roccus saxatilis; striped bass; rockfish; striper

Hypernyms ("Roccus saxatilis" is a kind of...):

sea bass (any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin)

Holonyms ("Roccus saxatilis" is a member of...):

genus Roccus; Roccus (a genus of Serranidae)

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