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SCOMBROIDEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes
Synonyms:
Scombroidea; suborder Scombroidea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Scombroidea" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Scombroidea"):
scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)
family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)
family Kasuwonidae; Katsuwonidae (in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos)
family Xiphiidae; Xiphiidae (comprising the common swordfishes)
family Istiophoridae; Istiophoridae (sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins)
family Luvaridae; Luvaridae (louvars)
Holonyms ("Scombroidea" is a member of...):
order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)
