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GENUS SARDA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bonitos

Synonyms:

genus Sarda; Sarda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sarda"):

bonito (any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas)

Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda; skipjack (medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna)

Chile bonito; Chilean bonito; Pacific bonito; Sarda chiliensis (common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas; its dark oily flesh cans well)

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

family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)

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