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ISTIOPHORUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Istiophoridae

Synonyms:

genus Istiophorus; Istiophorus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Istiophorus"):

Atlantic sailfish; Istiophorus albicans (a kind of sailfish)

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

family Istiophoridae; Istiophoridae (sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins)

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