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GENUS MAXOSTOMA

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Meaning:

A genus of fish in the family Catostomidae

Synonyms:

genus Maxostoma; Maxostoma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Maxostoma"):

redhorse; redhorse sucker (North American sucker with reddish fins)

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

Catostomidae; family Catostomidae (suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae)

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