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Aulostomus

noun

type genus of the Aulostomidae

• Syn: ↑genus Aulostomus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aulostomidae, ↑family Aulostomidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑trumpetfish, ↑Aulostomus maculatus

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\\ȯˈlästəməs, ə-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from aul- + -stomus

: a genus of tropical marine fishes comprising the flutemouths and constituting the monotypic family Aulostomidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.