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Noun: genus Calamus
  1. A genus of Sparidae, containing porgies (Calamus)
    - Calamus
     
  2. Distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest

Type of: fish genus, liliopsid genus, monocot genus

Part of: Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, family Sparidae, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae, Sparidae