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SCARIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scaridae mean?
• SCARIDAE (noun)
The noun SCARIDAE has 1 sense:
1. parrotfishes
Familiarity information: SCARIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Parrotfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Scaridae; Scaridae
Hypernyms ("Scaridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Scaridae"):
parrotfish; polly fish; pollyfish (gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth)
Holonyms ("Scaridae" 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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