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ANGUILLIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn

Synonyms:

Anguillidae; family Anguillidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Anguillidae"):

Anguilla; genus Anguilla (type genus of the Anguillidae: eels)

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

Anguilliformes; order Anguilliformes; order Apodes (elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced)

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