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FAMILY POLYNEMIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Threadfins

Synonyms:

family Polynemidae; Polynemidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Polynemidae"):

threadfin (mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays)

genus Polydactylus; Polydactylus (a genus of Polynemidae)

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

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)

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