SOLENICHTHYES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Solenichthyes mean? 

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

1. bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLENICHTHYES (noun)

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Meaning:

Bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Solenichthyes; Solenichthyes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Solenichthyes"):

family Fistulariidae; Fistulariidae (cornetfishes)

family Gasterosteidae; Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)

family Syngnathidae; Syngnathidae (pipefishes)

family Macrorhamphosidae; Macrorhamphosidae (bellows fishes)

Centriscidae; family Centriscidae (shrimpfishes)

Aulostomidae; family Aulostomidae (trumpetfishes)

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

subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)