OPHIODONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophiodontidae mean? 

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

1. fishes closely related to greenlings

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPHIODONTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fishes closely related to greenlings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Ophiodontidae; Ophiodontidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Ophiodontidae"):

genus Ophiodon; Ophiodon (a genus of Ophiodontidae)

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

Scorpaenoidea; suborder Scorpaenoidea (mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards)