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    GENUS LUTJANUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Lutjanus; Lutjanus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Lutjanus"):

    Lutjanus blackfordi; red snapper (an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico)

    gray snapper; grey snapper; Lutjanus griseus; mangrove snapper (found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida)

    Lutjanus apodus; schoolmaster (food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters)

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

    family Lutjanidae; Lutjanidae (snappers)

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