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ARCHOSARGUS

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Meaning:

A genus of Sparidae

Synonyms:

Archosargus; genus Archosargus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Archosargus"):

Archosargus rhomboidalis; Atlantic sea bream (sea bream of warm Atlantic waters)

Archosargus probatocephalus; sheepshead (large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico)

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

family Sparidae; Sparidae (porgies; scups)

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