ACANTHURIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acanthuridae mean? 

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

1. surgeonfishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACANTHURIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgeonfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acanthuridae; family Acanthuridae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Acanthuridae"):

surgeonfish (brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail)

Acanthurus; genus Acanthurus (type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes)

Holonyms ("Acanthuridae" 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)