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ANGUILLIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anguillidae mean?
• ANGUILLIDAE (noun)
The noun ANGUILLIDAE has 1 sense:
1. eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn
Familiarity information: ANGUILLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anguillidae; family Anguillidae
Hypernyms ("Anguillidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Anguillidae"):
Anguilla; genus Anguilla (type genus of the Anguillidae: eels)
Holonyms ("Anguillidae" is a member of...):
Anguilliformes; order Anguilliformes; order Apodes (elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced)
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