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FAMILY PEMPHERIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pempheridae mean?
• FAMILY PEMPHERIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY PEMPHERIDAE has 1 sense:
1. sweepers
Familiarity information: FAMILY PEMPHERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sweepers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Pempheridae; Pempheridae
Hypernyms ("family Pempheridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Pempheridae"):
sweeper (little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body)
Holonyms ("family Pempheridae" is a member of...):
subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)
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