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BROTULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brotula mean? 

BROTULA (noun)
  The noun BROTULA has 1 sense:

1. deep-sea fishesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BROTULA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deep-sea fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

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

Brotulidae; family Brotulidae (chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae)


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