genus Osmerus

genus Osmerus
noun
type genus of the Osmeridae
Syn: ↑Osmerus
Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Osmeridae, ↑family Osmeridae
Member Meronyms: ↑rainbow smelt, ↑Osmerus mordax, ↑sparling, ↑European smelt, ↑Osmerus eperlanus

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