EMBIOTOCIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Embiotocidae mean? 

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

1. viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBIOTOCIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Embiotocidae; family Embiotocidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Embiotocidae"):

surf fish; surffish; surfperch (small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America)

genus Hipsurus; Hipsurus (a genus of Embiotocidae)

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

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)