Akademik

Epinephelus

noun

genus of groupers or sea bass

• Syn: ↑genus Epinephelus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Serranidae, ↑family Serranidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑coney, ↑Epinephelus fulvus, ↑hind, ↑rock hind, ↑Epinephelus adscensionis

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\\ˌepəˈnefələs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek epinephelos clouded, overcast, from epi- + nephelē cloud — more at nebula

: a large genus of fishes of warm seas including a number of typical groupers — see serranidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.