MUGILOIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mugiloidea mean? 

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

1. fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUGILOIDEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Mugiloidea; suborder Mugiloidea

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Mugiloidea"):

family Mugilidae; Mugilidae (grey mullets)

Atherinidae; family Atherinidae (small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water)

family Sphyraenidae; Sphyraenidae (monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda)

Holonyms ("Mugiloidea" 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)