AMEIURIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ameiuridae mean? 

• AMEIURIDAE (noun)
  The noun AMEIURIDAE has 1 sense:

1. North American catfishes

  Familiarity information: AMEIURIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMEIURIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American catfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ameiuridae; family Ameiuridae

Hypernyms ("Ameiuridae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Ameiuridae"):

Ameiurus; genus Ameiurus (type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes)

genus Ictalurus; Ictalurus (channel catfishes)

genus Pylodictus; Pylodictus (flathead catfishes)

Holonyms ("Ameiuridae" is a member of...):

order Siluriformes; Siluriformes (an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes)