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MURAENIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Muraenidae mean? 

MURAENIDAE (noun)
  The noun MURAENIDAE has 1 sense:

1. marine eelsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MURAENIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine eels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Muraenidae; Muraenidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Muraenidae"):

moray; moray eel (family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked)

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

Anguilliformes; order Anguilliformes; order Apodes (elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced)


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