DACTYLOPTERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dactylopteridae mean? 

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

1. flying gurnards

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DACTYLOPTERIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flying gurnards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dactylopteridae; family Dactylopteridae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Dactylopteridae"):

Dactylopterus; genus Dactylopterus (a genus of Dactylopteridae)

butterflyfish; flying gurnard; flying robin (tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins)

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

order Scleroparei; Scleroparei (scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards)