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CHARR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus

Synonyms:

char; charr

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Nouns denoting animals

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

salmonid (soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charr"):

Arctic char; Salvelinus alpinus (small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England)

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

genus Salvelinus; Salvelinus (brook trout)

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