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CYNOGLOSSIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tonguefishes

Synonyms:

Cynoglossidae; family Cynoglossidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Cynoglossidae"):

tongue-fish; tonguefish (left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value)

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

Heterosomata; order Heterosomata; order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes)

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