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FAMILY HEXAGRAMMIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Hexagrammidae mean?
• FAMILY HEXAGRAMMIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY HEXAGRAMMIDAE has 1 sense:
1. greenlings
Familiarity information: FAMILY HEXAGRAMMIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greenlings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Hexagrammidae; Hexagrammidae
Hypernyms ("family Hexagrammidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Hexagrammidae"):
greenling (food fish of the northern Pacific)
genus Hexagrammos; Hexagrammos (type genus of the Hexagrammidae)
genus Oxylebius; Oxylebius (a genus of Hexagrammidae)
Holonyms ("family Hexagrammidae" is a member of...):
order Scleroparei; Scleroparei (scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards)
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