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FAMILY PERCIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Percidae mean? 

FAMILY PERCIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY PERCIDAE has 1 sense:

1. active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perchesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY PERCIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Percidae; Percidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Percidae"):

perch (spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes)

genus Perca; Perca (type genus of the Percidae)

genus Stizostedion; Stizostedion (pike-perches)

genus Percina; Percina (a genus of Percidae)

Holonyms ("family Percidae" 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)


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