ELECTROPHORIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Electrophoridae mean? 

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

1. small family comprising the electric eels

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROPHORIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small family comprising the electric eels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Electrophoridae; family Electrophoridae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Electrophoridae"):

Electrophorus; genus Electrophorus (type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels)

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

Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes (an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi)