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LACTOPHRYS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Ostraciidae

Synonyms:

genus Lactophrys; Lactophrys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Lactophrys"):

cowfish; Lactophrys quadricornis (trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes)

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

family Ostraciidae; family Ostraciontidae; Ostraciidae (boxfishes)

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