ANOMALOPIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anomalopidae mean? 

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

1. a family of fish including: flashlight fishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANOMALOPIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of fish including: flashlight fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anomalopidae; family Anomalopidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Anomalopidae"):

genus Anomalops (type genus of the family Anomalopidae)

genus Krypterophaneron; Krypterophaneron; genus Photoblepharon; Photoblepharon (a genus of fish in the family Anomalopidae)

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

Berycomorphi; order Berycomorphi (an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii)