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OSTRACIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ostraciidae mean?
• OSTRACIIDAE (noun)
The noun OSTRACIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. boxfishes
Familiarity information: OSTRACIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Boxfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Ostraciidae; family Ostraciontidae; Ostraciidae
Hypernyms ("Ostraciidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Ostraciidae"):
boxfish; trunkfish (any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates)
genus Lactophrys; Lactophrys (a genus of Ostraciidae)
Holonyms ("Ostraciidae" is a member of...):
order Plectognathi; order Tetraodontiformes; Plectognathi (boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers)
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