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OLIGOPLITES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leatherjackets

Synonyms:

genus Oligoplites; Oligoplites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Oligoplites"):

leatherjack; leatherjacket (any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales)

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

Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)

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