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SCOMBRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scombridae mean?
• SCOMBRIDAE (noun)
The noun SCOMBRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
Familiarity information: SCOMBRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Scombridae; Scombridae
Hypernyms ("Scombridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Scombridae"):
mackerel (any of various fishes of the family Scombridae)
genus Scomber; Scomber (type genus of the Scombridae)
Acanthocybium; genus Acanthocybium (wahoos)
genus Scomberomorus; Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerels)
genus Thunnus; Thunnus (tunas: warm-blooded fishes)
genus Sarda; Sarda (bonitos)
Euthynnus; genus Euthynnus (a genus of Scombridae)
genus Katsuwonus; Katsuwonus (oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae)
Holonyms ("Scombridae" is a member of...):
Scombroidea; suborder Scombroidea (mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes)
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