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PLATYCEPHALIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Platycephalidae mean? 

PLATYCEPHALIDAE (noun)
  The noun PLATYCEPHALIDAE has 1 sense:

1. scorpaenoid flatheadsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PLATYCEPHALIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Scorpaenoid flatheads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Platycephalidae; Platycephalidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Platycephalidae"):

flathead (food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards)

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

Scorpaenoidea; suborder Scorpaenoidea (mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards)


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