BERYCOMORPHI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Berycomorphi mean? 

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

1. an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BERYCOMORPHI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Berycomorphi; order Berycomorphi

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Berycomorphi"):

family Holocentridae; Holocentridae (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes)

Anomalopidae; family Anomalopidae (a family of fish including: flashlight fishes)

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

Acanthopterygii; superorder Acanthopterygii (teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays)