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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of the family Holocentridæ: so called because beset all over with spines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The type genus of the family
Holocentridae , comprising some of the squirrelfishes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes
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