STROMATEIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stromateidae mean? 

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

1. butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STROMATEIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Stromateidae; Stromateidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Stromateidae"):

butterfish; stromateid; stromateid fish (small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines)

genus Poronotus; Poronotus; genus Palometa; genus Paprilus; Paprilus; genus Psenes; Psenes; Ariomma; genus Ariomma; genus Tetragonurus; Tetragonurus; genus Hyperoglyphe; Hyperoglyphe (a genus of Stromateidae)

Holonyms ("Stromateidae" 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)