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HALICOERES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Labridae

Synonyms:

genus Halicoeres; Halicoeres

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Halicoeres" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Halicoeres"):

Halicoeres bivittatus; slippery dick (small wrasse of tropical Atlantic)

Halicoeres radiatus; pudding-wife; puddingwife (bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil)

Holonyms ("Halicoeres" is a member of...):

family Labridae; Labridae (wrasses)

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