MYCTOPHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Myctophidae mean? 

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

1. deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYCTOPHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Myctophidae; Myctophidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Myctophidae"):

lanternfish (small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night)

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

Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)