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Syngnathus

noun

type genus of the family Syngnathidae

• Syn: ↑genus Syngnathus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Syngnathidae, ↑family Syngnathidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑dwarf pipefish, ↑Syngnathus hildebrandi

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noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from syn- + -gnathus

: the type genus of Syngnathidae comprising various typical pipefishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.