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EQUETUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Drumfish

Synonyms:

Equetus; genus Equetus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Equetus"):

Equetus pulcher; striped drum (a kind of drumfish)

Equetus lanceolatus; jackknife-fish (black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin)

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

family Sciaenidae; Sciaenidae (warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout)

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