BLENNIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Blenniidae mean? 

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

1. a family of fish including: combtooth blennies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLENNIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of fish including: combtooth blennies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Blenniidae; family Blenniidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Blenniidae"):

blenny; combtooth blenny (small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks)

Blennius; genus Blennius (type genus of the Blenniidae)

genus Scartella; Scartella (a genus of Blenniidae)

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

Blennioidea; suborder Blennioidea (blennies; butterfishes; gunnels)