FAMILY GERREIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Gerreidae mean? 

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

1. mojarras

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY GERREIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mojarras

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Gerreidae; family Gerridae; Gerreidae; Gerridae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Gerreidae"):

mojarra (small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters)

genus Gerres; Gerres (type genus of the Gerreidae)

Eucinostomus; genus Eucinostomus (a genus of Gerreidae)

Holonyms ("family Gerreidae" 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)