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GENUS GASTEROSTEUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Gasterosteidae

Synonyms:

Gasterosteus; genus gasterosteus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus gasterosteus"):

Gasterosteus aculeatus; three-spined stickleback (of rivers and coastal regions)

Gasterosteus pungitius; ten-spined stickleback (confined to rivers)

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

family Gasterosteidae; Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)

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