FAMILY POMACENTRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pomacentridae mean? 

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

1. damselfishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY POMACENTRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Damselfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pomacentridae; Pomacentridae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Pomacentridae"):

damselfish; demoiselle (small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs)

genus Pomacentrus; Pomacentrus (type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes)

Amphiprion; genus Amphiprion; Abudefduf; genus Abudefduf (damsel fishes)

Holonyms ("family Pomacentridae" 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)