genus balistes

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   type genus of the Balistidae

   SynonymsBalistes

   Broaderfish genus

   Part ofBalistidae

Questions about genus balistes

What does genus balistes mean?

genus balistes means "type genus of the Balistidae".

What is another word for genus balistes?

Close synonyms include Balistes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus balistes a common word?

genus balistes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.