Associations to the word «Phoxinus»

Wiktionary

PHOXINUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae   — small fish, archetypically including the minnow.

Dictionary definition

PHOXINUS, noun. Minnows.

Wise words

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