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FAMILY MUGILIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Grey mullets

Synonyms:

family Mugilidae; Mugilidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Mugilidae"):

gray mullet; grey mullet; mullet (freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide)

genus Mugil; Mugil (type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets)

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

Mugiloidea; suborder Mugiloidea (fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae)

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