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SOLEIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Soleidae mean? 

SOLEIDAE (noun)
  The noun SOLEIDAE has 1 sense:

1. solesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SOLEIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Soles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Soleidae; Soleidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Soleidae"):

sole (right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European)

genus Solea; Solea (type genus of the Soleidae)

genus Parophrys; Parophrys; genus Psettichthys; Psettichthys; genus Trinectes; Trinectes (a genus of Soleidae)

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

Heterosomata; order Heterosomata; order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes)


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