genus lepisosteus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish genus,
definition	:	any of various genus of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	billfish, gar, garfish, garpike, lepisosteus osseus,
definition	:	primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family lepisosteidae, lepisosteidae,
definition	:	comprises the genus Lepisosteus (noun.animal)