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EMBIOTOCIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes

Synonyms:

Embiotocidae; family Embiotocidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Embiotocidae"):

surf fish; surffish; surfperch (small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America)

genus Hipsurus; Hipsurus (a genus of Embiotocidae)

Holonyms ("Embiotocidae" 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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