Library / English Dictionary

MYCTOPHIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes

Synonyms:

family Myctophidae; Myctophidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Myctophidae"):

lanternfish (small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night)

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

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

Credits