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ENGRAULIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Anchovies

Synonyms:

Engraulidae; family Engraulidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Engraulidae"):

anchovy (small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide)

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

Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)

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