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GONORHYNCHIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus

Synonyms:

family Gonorhynchidae; Gonorhynchidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Gonorhynchidae"):

genus Gonorhynchus; Gonorhynchus (slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth)

Holonyms ("Gonorhynchidae" is a member of...):

Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)

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