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CHAENOPSIS

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Meaning:

A genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies

Synonyms:

Chaenopsis; genus Chaenopsis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Chaenopsis"):

pikeblenny (tropical American fishes; males are aggressively defensive of their territory)

bluethroat pikeblenny; Chaenopsis ocellata (found from Florida to Cuba)

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

Clinidae; family Clinidae (viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas)

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