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CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chlorophthalmidae mean? 

CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE (noun)
  The noun CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE has 1 sense:

1. small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chlorophthalmidae; family Chlorophthalmidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Chlorophthalmidae"):

greeneye (bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster)

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

Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii (an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays)


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