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ORDER SOLENICHTHYES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout

Synonyms:

order Solenichthyes; Solenichthyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("order Solenichthyes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Solenichthyes"):

family Fistulariidae; Fistulariidae (cornetfishes)

family Gasterosteidae; Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)

family Syngnathidae; Syngnathidae (pipefishes)

family Macrorhamphosidae; Macrorhamphosidae (bellows fishes)

Centriscidae; family Centriscidae (shrimpfishes)

Aulostomidae; family Aulostomidae (trumpetfishes)

Holonyms ("order Solenichthyes" is a member of...):

subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)

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