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ALEPISAURUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes

Synonyms:

Alepisaurus; genus Alepisaurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Alepisaurus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Alepisaurus"):

lancet fish; lancetfish; wolffish (large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail)

handsaw fish (a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus)

Holonyms ("Alepisaurus" is a member of...):

subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)

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