FAMILY BRAMIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Bramidae mean? 

• FAMILY BRAMIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY BRAMIDAE has 1 sense:

1. deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas

  Familiarity information: FAMILY BRAMIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY BRAMIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bramidae; family Bramidae

Hypernyms ("family Bramidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Bramidae"):

Brama; genus Brama (type genus of the Bramidae)

Holonyms ("family Bramidae" 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)