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GENUS PERISTEDION
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
In some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins
Synonyms:
genus Peristedion; Peristedion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Peristedion" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Peristedion"):
armored sea robin; armored searobin; Peristedion miniatum (sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope)
Holonyms ("genus Peristedion" is a member of...):
family Triglidae; Triglidae (in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins))