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GENUS GADUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes

Synonyms:

Gadus; genus Gadus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Gadus"):

cod; codfish (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)

Holonyms ("genus Gadus" is a member of...):

family Gadidae; Gadidae (large family of important mostly marine food fishes)

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