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EPHIPPIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small family comprising the spadefishes

Synonyms:

Ephippidae; family Ephippidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Ephippidae"):

Chaetodipterus; genus Chaetodipterus (a genus of Ephippidae)

Holonyms ("Ephippidae" 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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