FAMILY SPARIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Sparidae mean? 

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

1. porgies; scups

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY SPARIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Porgies; scups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Sparidae; Sparidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Sparidae"):

sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)

genus Pagrus; Pagrus (a genus of Sparidae)

genus Pagellus; Pagellus (sea breams)

Archosargus; genus Archosargus; genus Lagodon; Lagodon; Calamus; genus Calamus (a genus of Sparidae)

Chrysophrys; genus Chrysophrys (Australian snapper)

genus Stenotomus; Stenotomus (scups)

Holonyms ("family Sparidae" 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)