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PROSOPIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Whitefishes

Synonyms:

genus Prosopium; Prosopium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Prosopium"):

Menominee whitefish; Prosopium cylindraceum; round whitefish (a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America and Siberia)

Prosopium williamsonii; Rocky Mountain whitefish (whitefish of the western United States and Canada)

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

Coregonidae; family Coregonidae (soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae)

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