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GENUS HOLOCENTRUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes

Synonyms:

genus Holocentrus; Holocentrus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Holocentrus"):

Holocentrus coruscus; reef squirrelfish (on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America)

deepwater squirrelfish; Holocentrus bullisi (a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico)

Holocentrus ascensionis (bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda)

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

family Holocentridae; Holocentridae (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes)

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