ATHERINIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atherinidae mean? 

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

1. small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATHERINIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atherinidae; family Atherinidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Atherinidae"):

silverside; silversides (small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States)

Atherinopsis; genus Atherinopsis (a genus of Atherinidae)

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

Mugiloidea; suborder Mugiloidea (fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae)