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FAMILY CONGRIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine eels

Synonyms:

Congridae; family Congridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Congridae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Congridae"):

conger; conger eel (large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate and tropical coastal waters; some used for food)

Holonyms ("family Congridae" is a member of...):

Anguilliformes; order Anguilliformes; order Apodes (elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced)

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