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PLEURONECTES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Pleuronectidae

Synonyms:

genus Pleuronectes; Pleuronectes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Pleuronectes"):

plaice; Pleuronectes platessa (large European food fish)

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

family Pleuronectidae; Pleuronectidae (righteye flounders)

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