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FAMILY DIODONTIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Spiny puffers

Synonyms:

Diodontidae; family Diodontidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Diodontidae"):

spiny puffer (puffers having rigid or erectile spines)

Diodon; genus Diodon (type genus of the Diodontidae)

Chilomycterus; genus Chilomycterus (burrfishes)

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

order Plectognathi; order Tetraodontiformes; Plectognathi (boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers)

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