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OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Osteoglossiformes mean?
• OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES (noun)
The noun OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES has 1 sense:
1. teleost fish with bony tongues
Familiarity information: OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Teleost fish with bony tongues
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Order Osteoglossiformes; Osteoglossiformes
Hypernyms ("Osteoglossiformes" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Osteoglossiformes"):
family Osteoglossidae; Osteoglossidae (a family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues)
Holonyms ("Osteoglossiformes" is a member of...):
subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)
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