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Cape Capensis

Cape Capensis proper noun: any of various species of fish in the genus Merluccius, especially Merluccius capensis, shallow-water Cape hake and Merluccius paradoxus, deep-water Cape hake.

Proper noun

Cape Capensis

  1. Any of various species of fish in the genus Merluccius, especially Merluccius capensis, shallow-water Cape hake and Merluccius paradoxus, deep-water Cape hake.
    • ... described multifasciatus (type locality Madagascar) and distinguished it from the common Cape capensis C. and V.1935 May, J. L. B. Smith, “The “galjoen” fishes of South Africa”, in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
    • Other species, such as Cape Capensis, Orange Roughy, Nile Perch and various types of whiting and seatrout can also be expected to compete directly with tilapia in many markets.1996, William S. Brinkop, Raul H. Piedrahita, “Water quality modeling for aquaculture water reuse systems”, in AES Technical Session 1: Open Papers

Forms of Cape Capensis

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Questions about Cape Capensis

What does Cape Capensis mean?
Cape Capensis means any of various species of fish in the genus Merluccius, especially Merluccius capensis, shallow-water Cape hake and Merluccius paradoxus, deep-water Cape hake.
What part of speech is Cape Capensis?
Cape Capensis is a proper noun.

Words near Cape Capensis in the dictionary

  1. Cape buffalo
  2. Cape buffalos
  3. Cape bushbuck
  4. Cape bushbucks
  5. Cape Canaveral
  6. Cape Capensis
  7. Cape chestnut
  8. Cape chestnuts
  9. Cape Clear Island
  10. Cape Coast
  11. Cape cobra

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