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AMEIURUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes

Synonyms:

Ameiurus; genus Ameiurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Ameiurus"):

bullhead; bullhead catfish (any of several common freshwater catfishes of the United States)

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

Ameiuridae; family Ameiuridae (North American catfishes)

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