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Osmerus

noun

type genus of the Osmeridae

• Syn: ↑genus Osmerus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Osmeridae, ↑family Osmeridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑rainbow smelt, ↑Osmerus mordax, ↑sparling, ↑European smelt, ↑Osmerus eperlanus

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\\äzˈmirəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek osmēros odorous, from osmē odor

: a genus of smelts of the type of the family Osmeridae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.