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ESOCIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Esocidae mean?
• ESOCIDAE (noun)
The noun ESOCIDAE has 1 sense:
1. pikes; pickerels; muskellunges
Familiarity information: ESOCIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pikes; pickerels; muskellunges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Esocidae; family Esocidae
Hypernyms ("Esocidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Esocidae"):
Esox; genus Esox (type and only genus of the family Esocidae)
Holonyms ("Esocidae" 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)
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