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MURAENIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Marine eels

Synonyms:

family Muraenidae; Muraenidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Muraenidae"):

moray; moray eel (family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked)

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

Anguilliformes; order Anguilliformes; order Apodes (elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced)

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