GADIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gadiformes mean? 

• GADIFORMES (noun)
  The noun GADIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini

  Familiarity information: GADIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GADIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gadiformes; order Gadiformes

Hypernyms ("Gadiformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Gadiformes"):

family Gadidae; Gadidae (large family of important mostly marine food fishes)

family Macrouridae; family Macruridae; Macrouridae; Macruridae (grenadiers)

Holonyms ("Gadiformes" is a member of...):

Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii (an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays)