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CYCLOPTERUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Cyclopteridae: lumpfishes

Synonyms:

Cyclopterus; genus Cyclopterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Cyclopterus"):

Cyclopterus lumpus; lumpfish (clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar)

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

Cyclopteridae; family Cyclopteridae (lumpfishes)

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