OCTOPODIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Octopodidae mean? 

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

1. a family of Octopoda

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCTOPODIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Octopoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Octopodidae; Octopodidae

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

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "Octopodidae"):

genus Octopus (type genus of the family Octopodidae)

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

Octopoda; order Octopoda (octopuses and paper nautilus)