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OSMERIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Smelts

Synonyms:

family Osmeridae; Osmeridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Osmeridae"):

smelt (small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters)

genus Osmerus; Osmerus (type genus of the Osmeridae)

genus Mallotus; Mallotus (capelins)

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

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

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