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    LEPISOSTEUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater garsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Lepisosteus; Lepisosteus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "Lepisosteus"):

    billfish; gar; garfish; garpike; Lepisosteus osseus (primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth)

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

    family Lepisosteidae; Lepisosteidae (comprises the genus Lepisosteus)

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