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PEDICULATI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth
Synonyms:
order Pediculati; Pediculati
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pediculati" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Pediculati"):
family Ogcocephalidae; Ogcocephalidae (batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes)
family Lophiidae; Lophiidae (large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers)
Batrachoididae; family Batrachoididae (toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes)
Antennariidae; family Antennariidae (frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers)
Holonyms ("Pediculati" is a member of...):
Acanthopterygii; superorder Acanthopterygii (teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays)
