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PHOXINUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minnows

Synonyms:

genus Phoxinus; Phoxinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Phoxinus"):

minnow; Phoxinus phoxinus (very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams)

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

Cyprinidae; family Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)

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