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FAMILY ELECTROPHORIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small family comprising the electric eels

Synonyms:

Electrophoridae; family Electrophoridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Electrophoridae"):

Electrophorus; genus Electrophorus (type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels)

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

Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes (an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi)

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