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CHRYSOPHRYS AURATUS

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Meaning:

Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots

Synonyms:

Chrysophrys auratus; snapper

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Chrysophrys auratus" is a kind of...):

sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)

Meronyms (parts of "Chrysophrys auratus"):

snapper (flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas)

Holonyms ("Chrysophrys auratus" is a member of...):

Chrysophrys; genus Chrysophrys (Australian snapper)

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