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FAMILY SPHYRAENIDAE

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Meaning:

Monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda

Synonyms:

family Sphyraenidae; Sphyraenidae

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Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Sphyraenidae"):

genus Sphyraena; Sphyraena (type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda)

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

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

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