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Kyphosus

noun

type genus of the Kyphosidae

• Syn: ↑genus Kyphosus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Kyphosidae, ↑family Kyphosidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Bermuda chub, ↑rudderfish, ↑Kyphosus sectatrix

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\\kīˈfōsəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kyphos + Latin -osus -ose

: a genus that includes the Bermuda chub and is the type of the family Kyphosidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.