FAMILY ESOCIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Esocidae mean? 

• FAMILY ESOCIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY ESOCIDAE has 1 sense:

1. pikes; pickerels; muskellunges

  Familiarity information: FAMILY ESOCIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ESOCIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pikes; pickerels; muskellunges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Esocidae; family Esocidae

Hypernyms ("family Esocidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Esocidae"):

Esox; genus Esox (type and only genus of the family Esocidae)

Holonyms ("family 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)