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GOBIESOCIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Clingfishes

Synonyms:

family Gobiesocidae; Gobiesocidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Gobiesocidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Gobiesocidae"):

genus Gobiesox; Gobiesox (type genus of the Gobiesocidae)

clingfish (very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.)

Holonyms ("Gobiesocidae" 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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