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POLYPRION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wreckfish

Synonyms:

genus Polyprion; Polyprion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Polyprion"):

Polyprion americanus; stone bass; wreckfish (brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks)

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

family Serranidae; Serranidae (marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish)

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