OSTEOGLOSSIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Osteoglossidae mean? 

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

1. a family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTEOGLOSSIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

A family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Osteoglossidae; Osteoglossidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Osteoglossidae"):

genus Scleropages; Scleropages (a genus of large freshwater fishes of Australia and Borneo)

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

Order Osteoglossiformes; Osteoglossiformes (teleost fish with bony tongues)