SILURIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Siluriformes mean? 

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

1. an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILURIFORMES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Siluriformes; Siluriformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Siluriformes"):

catfish; siluriform fish (any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth)

family Siluridae; Siluridae (Old World catfishes)

Ameiuridae; family Ameiuridae (North American catfishes)

family Laricariidae; Laricariidae (armored catfish)

Ariidae; family Ariidae (sea catfishes)

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

Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii (an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays)