What is another word for serranus?

Pronunciation: [sˈɛɹanəs] (IPA)

Serranus is a genus of fish that belongs to the family Serranidae. These fish are known for their colorful appearance and can be found in many different regions around the world, including the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean. When referring to fish in the Serranus genus, there are many words that can be used as synonyms. Some of the most commonly used synonyms for serranus include sea bass, grouper, perch, rockfish, and flounder. Each of these names is used to describe a different species of fish, but they all share many characteristics of the serranus genus, including their appearance and behavior in the water.

Synonyms for Serranus:

What are the hypernyms for Serranus?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Serranus?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for serranus (as nouns)

What are the holonyms for Serranus?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

What are the meronyms for Serranus?

Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Serranus

The name Soranus should be Seranus or serranus.
"Plutarch's Lives Volume III."
Plutarch
First of all the city was purified, and victims of the greater kind were sacrificed to those gods to whom they were directed to be offered; and a gift of forty pounds' weight of gold was carried to the temple of Juno at Lanuvium; and the matrons dedicated a brazen statue to Juno on the Aventine; and a lectisternium was ordered at Caere, where the tablets for divination had diminished; and a supplication to Fortune at Algidum; at Rome also a lectisternium was ordered to Youth, and a supplication at the temple of Hercules, first by individuals named and afterwards by the whole people at all the shrines; five greater victims were offered to Genius; and Caius Atilius serranus the praetor was ordered to make certain vows if the republic should remain in the same state for ten years.
"The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six"
Titus Livius
Nor in the camp was the wailing less, when Rhamnes was found a bloodless corpse, and serranus and Numa and all their princes destroyed in a single slaughter.
"The Aeneid of Virgil"
Virgil

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