TETRAODONTIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tetraodontidae mean? 

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

1. puffers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TETRAODONTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Puffers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Tetraodontidae; Tetraodontidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Tetraodontidae"):

blowfish; globefish; puffer; pufferfish (any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers)

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

order Plectognathi; order Tetraodontiformes; Plectognathi (boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers)