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GENUS COREGONUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes
Synonyms:
Coregonus; genus Coregonus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Coregonus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Coregonus"):
Coregonus clupeaformis; lake whitefish (found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska)
cisco; Coregonus artedi; lake herring (important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America)
Holonyms ("genus Coregonus" is a member of...):
Coregonidae; family Coregonidae (soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae)