FAMILY ISTIOPHORIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Istiophoridae mean? 

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

1. sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ISTIOPHORIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Istiophoridae; Istiophoridae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Istiophoridae"):

sailfish (large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail)

genus Istiophorus; Istiophorus (type genus of the Istiophoridae)

billfish (giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw)

genus Makaira; Makaira (marlins)

genus Tetrapturus; Tetrapturus (a genus of Istiophoridae)

Holonyms ("family Istiophoridae" is a member of...):

Scombroidea; suborder Scombroidea (mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes)