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    GENUS PERISTEDION

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    In some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robinsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Peristedion; Peristedion

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    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Peristedion"):

    armored sea robin; armored searobin; Peristedion miniatum (sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope)

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

    family Triglidae; Triglidae (in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins))

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