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Sebastodes

noun

rockfishes

• Syn: ↑genus Sebastodes

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scorpaenidae, ↑family Scorpaenidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑rockfish

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\\sə̇ˈbastə(ˌ)dēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sebastes, genus of scorpaenid fish (from Greek sebastos august, worthy of reverence, from sebesthai to revere, feel awe) + -odes; akin to Sanskrit tyajati he leaves, renounces, tyajate he shuns

: the chief genus of rockfishes (family Scorpaenidae)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.