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