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CHAETODIPTERUS

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Meaning:

A genus of Ephippidae

Synonyms:

Chaetodipterus; genus Chaetodipterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Chaetodipterus"):

angelfish; Chaetodipterus faber; spadefish (deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters)

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

Ephippidae; family Ephippidae (small family comprising the spadefishes)

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