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GENUS CYNOSCION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sea trout

Synonyms:

Cynoscion; genus Cynoscion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Cynoscion" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cynoscion"):

Cynoscion regalis; weakfish (food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out)

Cynoscion nebulosus; spotted sea trout; spotted squeateague; spotted weakfish (weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States)

Holonyms ("genus Cynoscion" 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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