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TRIGA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Triglidae

Synonyms:

genus Triga; Triga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Triga"):

Trigla lucerna; tub gurnard; yellow gurnard (a kind of gurnard)

Holonyms ("Triga" 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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