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GENUS PRIONOTUS

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Meaning:

A genus of Triglidae

Synonyms:

genus Prionotus; Prionotus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Prionotus"):

northern sea robin; Prionotus carolinus (large searobin; found from Nova Scotia to Florida)

Holonyms ("genus Prionotus" 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))

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