DACTYLOSCOPIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dactyloscopidae mean? 

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

1. sand stargazers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DACTYLOSCOPIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sand stargazers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dactyloscopidae; family Dactyloscopidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Dactyloscopidae"):

sand stargazer (small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey)