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POLYODON

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Polyodontidae

Synonyms:

genus Polyodon; Polyodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Polyodon"):

duckbill; paddlefish; Polyodon spathula (primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout)

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

family Polyodontidae; Polyodontidae (paddlefishes)

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