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ARIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sea catfishes

Synonyms:

Ariidae; family Ariidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Ariidae"):

sea catfish (any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food)

Arius; genus Arius (type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes)

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

order Siluriformes; Siluriformes (an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes)

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