POLYNEMIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polynemidae mean? 

• POLYNEMIDAE (noun)
  The noun POLYNEMIDAE has 1 sense:

1. threadfins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYNEMIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Threadfins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Polynemidae; Polynemidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Polynemidae"):

threadfin (mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays)

genus Polydactylus; Polydactylus (a genus of Polynemidae)

Holonyms ("Polynemidae" 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)