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SELENE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Carangidae

Synonyms:

genus Selene; Selene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

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