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HEXAGRAMMIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Greenlings

Synonyms:

family Hexagrammidae; Hexagrammidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Hexagrammidae"):

greenling (food fish of the northern Pacific)

genus Hexagrammos; Hexagrammos (type genus of the Hexagrammidae)

genus Oxylebius; Oxylebius (a genus of Hexagrammidae)

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

order Scleroparei; Scleroparei (scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards)

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