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ISOSPONDYLI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon
Synonyms:
Isospondyli; order Isospondyli
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Isospondyli" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Isospondyli"):
family Gonorhynchidae; Gonorhynchidae (coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus)
Clupeidae; family Clupeidae (herrings; shad; sardines; etc.)
Engraulidae; family Engraulidae (anchovies)
family Salmonidae; Salmonidae (salmon and trout)
Coregonidae; family Coregonidae (soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae)
family Osmeridae; Osmeridae (smelts)
Elopidae; family Elopidae (tarpons and ladyfishes)
Albulidae; family Albulidae (bonefish)
Argentinidae; family Argentinidae (small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts)
family Myctophidae; Myctophidae (deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes)
Holonyms ("Isospondyli" is a member of...):
Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii (an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays)
