Akademik

Rachycentron

noun

genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia

• Syn: ↑genus Rachycentron

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rachycentridae, ↑family Rachycentridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑cobia, ↑Rachycentron canadum, ↑sergeant fish

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\\ˌrakēˈsen.ˌträn\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from rachi- + Greek kentron sharp point — more at center

: a genus (coextensive with the family Rachycentridae) of pelagic marine percoid fishes comprising solely the cobia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.