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FAMILY SYNODONTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Synodontidae mean?
• FAMILY SYNODONTIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY SYNODONTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes
Familiarity information: FAMILY SYNODONTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Synodontidae; Synodontidae
Hypernyms ("family Synodontidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Synodontidae"):
lizardfish; snake-fish; snakefish (tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide)
Holonyms ("family Synodontidae" is a member of...):
Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii (an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays)
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