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TRICHIURIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Trichiuridae mean?
• TRICHIURIDAE (noun)
The noun TRICHIURIDAE has 1 sense:
1. cutlassfishes
Familiarity information: TRICHIURIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cutlassfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Trichiuridae; Trichiuridae
Hypernyms ("Trichiuridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Trichiuridae"):
cutlassfish; frost fish; hairtail (long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel)
Holonyms ("Trichiuridae" 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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