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FAMILY XIPHIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comprising the common swordfishes

Synonyms:

family Xiphiidae; Xiphiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Xiphiidae"):

genus Xiphias; Xiphias (type genus of the Xiphiidae)

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

Scombroidea; suborder Scombroidea (mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes)

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