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    GENUS ALECTIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of Carangidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Alectis; genus Alectis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Alectis" is a kind of...):

    fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Alectis"):

    Alectis ciliaris; thread-fish; threadfish (fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins)

    Holonyms ("genus Alectis" is a member of...):

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

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