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\ nounUsage: 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.