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Lutjanus
noun
type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers
Syn: ↑genus Lutjanus
Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Lutjanidae, ↑family Lutjanidae
Member Meronyms:
red snapper, ↑Lutjanus blackfordi, ↑grey snapper, ↑gray snapper, ↑mangrove snapper, ↑Lutjanus griseus, ↑schoolmaster, ↑Lutjanus apodus

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\\-ˈchānəs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Malay dialect lutjang, a fish
: a genus of marine percoid fishes that is the type of the family Lutjanidae and includes both important food fishes and a few highly toxic forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.