FAMILY OPISTHOGNATHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Opisthognathidae mean? 

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

1. jawfishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY OPISTHOGNATHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jawfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Opisthognathidae; Opisthognathidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Opisthognathidae"):

jawfish (small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes)

Holonyms ("family Opisthognathidae" 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)