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Apogon

noun

type genus of the Apogonidae

• Syn: ↑genus Apogon

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Apogonidae, ↑family Apogonidae

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\\əˈpōˌgän, āˈ-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Middle Greek apōgōn beardless, from Greek a- a- (II) + pōgōn beard — more at -pogon

: a genus of large-headed marine percoid fishes having the body oblong and compressed and comprising the cardinal fishes — see apogonidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.