ENGRAULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Engraulidae mean? 

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

1. anchovies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENGRAULIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anchovies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Engraulidae; family Engraulidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Engraulidae"):

anchovy (small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide)

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

Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)