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CONGRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Congridae mean?
• CONGRIDAE (noun)
The noun CONGRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. marine eels
Familiarity information: CONGRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine eels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Congridae; family Congridae
Hypernyms ("Congridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Congridae"):
conger; conger eel (large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food)
Holonyms ("Congridae" is a member of...):
Anguilliformes; order Anguilliformes; order Apodes (elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced)
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