noun
type genus of the Balistidae
• Syn: ↑genus Balistes
• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Balistidae, ↑family Balistidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑queen triggerfish, ↑Bessy cerca, ↑oldwench, ↑oldwife, ↑Balistes vetula
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\\bəˈli(ˌ)stēz\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin balista, ballista; from the way in which the first spine snaps down when pressure is applied on the second spine — more at ballista
: the type genus of Balistidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.