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FAMILY DIODONTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Diodontidae mean?
• FAMILY DIODONTIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY DIODONTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. spiny puffers
Familiarity information: FAMILY DIODONTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiny puffers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Diodontidae; family Diodontidae
Hypernyms ("family Diodontidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Diodontidae"):
spiny puffer (puffers having rigid or erectile spines)
Diodon; genus Diodon (type genus of the Diodontidae)
Chilomycterus; genus Chilomycterus (burrfishes)
Holonyms ("family Diodontidae" is a member of...):
order Plectognathi; order Tetraodontiformes; Plectognathi (boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers)
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