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AMMODYTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ammodytidae mean?
• AMMODYTIDAE (noun)
The noun AMMODYTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. sand lances
Familiarity information: AMMODYTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sand lances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ammodytidae; family Ammodytidae
Hypernyms ("Ammodytidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Ammodytidae"):
Ammodytes; genus Ammodytes (type genus of the Ammodytidae)
Holonyms ("Ammodytidae" is a member of...):
order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)
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