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FAMILY OSTEOGLOSSIDAE

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Meaning:

A family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues

Synonyms:

family Osteoglossidae; Osteoglossidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Osteoglossidae"):

genus Scleropages; Scleropages (a genus of large freshwater fishes of Australia and Borneo)

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

Order Osteoglossiformes; Osteoglossiformes (teleost fish with bony tongues)

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