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FAMILY STROMATEIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes

Synonyms:

family Stromateidae; Stromateidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Stromateidae"):

butterfish; stromateid; stromateid fish (small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines)

genus Poronotus; Poronotus; genus Palometa; genus Paprilus; Paprilus; genus Psenes; Psenes; Ariomma; genus Ariomma; genus Tetragonurus; Tetragonurus; genus Hyperoglyphe; Hyperoglyphe (a genus of Stromateidae)

Holonyms ("family Stromateidae" 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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