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    BALISTES VETULA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tropical Atlantic fishplay

    Synonyms:

    Balistes vetula; Bessy cerca; oldwench; oldwife; queen triggerfish

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Balistes vetula" is a kind of...):

    triggerfish (any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin)

    Holonyms ("Balistes vetula" is a member of...):

    Balistes; genus Balistes (type genus of the Balistidae)

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