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ROCCUS

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Meaning:

A genus of Serranidae

Synonyms:

genus Roccus; Roccus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Roccus"):

Roccus saxatilis; rockfish; striped bass; striper (marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone)

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

family Serranidae; Serranidae (marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish)

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