CHAETODONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chaetodontidae mean? 

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

1. butterfly fishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAETODONTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Butterfly fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chaetodontidae; family Chaetodontidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Chaetodontidae"):

butterfly fish (small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide)

genus Chaetodon (type genus of the Chaetodontidae)

genus Pomacanthus; Pomacanthus (angelfishes)

Holonyms ("Chaetodontidae" 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)