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MONOCANTHIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Monocanthidae mean?
• MONOCANTHIDAE (noun)
The noun MONOCANTHIDAE has 1 sense:
1. filefishes
Familiarity information: MONOCANTHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filefishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Monocanthidae; Monocanthidae
Hypernyms ("Monocanthidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Monocanthidae"):
genus Monocanthus; Monocanthus (type genus of the Monocanthidae)
Holonyms ("Monocanthidae" is a member of...):
order Plectognathi; order Tetraodontiformes; Plectognathi (boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers)
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