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OPHIDIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophidiidae mean?
• OPHIDIIDAE (noun)
The noun OPHIDIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. eellike marine fishes
Familiarity information: OPHIDIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eellike marine fishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Ophidiidae; Ophidiidae
Hypernyms ("Ophidiidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Ophidiidae"):
cusk-eel (elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes)
Holonyms ("Ophidiidae" 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)
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