Coregonus

noun

type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes

• Syn: ↑genus Coregonus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Coregonidae, ↑family Coregonidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑lake whitefish, ↑Coregonus clupeaformis, ↑cisco, ↑lake herring, ↑Coregonus artedi

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgōnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek korē pupil of the eye + New Latin -gonus (from Greek gōnia angle) — more at crescent, diagonal

: a genus of plainly colored salmonid fishes comprising the typical whitefishes of the lakes of Europe, Asia, and No. America — see whitefish

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Coregonus /kö- or ko-ri-gōˈnəs/

noun

Whitefish, a genus of herring-like fishes of the salmon family, pollan, vendace, etc

ORIGIN: Gr korē pupil of the eye, and gōniā angle

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coregoˈnīne (or /-nin/) adjective