CYNOGLOSSIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cynoglossidae mean? 

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

1. tonguefishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYNOGLOSSIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tonguefishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cynoglossidae; family Cynoglossidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Cynoglossidae"):

tongue-fish; tonguefish (left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value)

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

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