PERCOPHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Percophidae mean? 

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

1. percoid flatheads

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERCOPHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Percoid flatheads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Percophidae; Percophidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Percophidae"):

flathead (pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout)

Holonyms ("Percophidae" 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)