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SPARIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Porgies; scups

Synonyms:

family Sparidae; Sparidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Sparidae"):

sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)

genus Pagrus; Pagrus (a genus of Sparidae)

genus Pagellus; Pagellus (sea breams)

Archosargus; genus Archosargus; genus Lagodon; Lagodon; Calamus; genus Calamus (a genus of Sparidae)

Chrysophrys; genus Chrysophrys (Australian snapper)

genus Stenotomus; Stenotomus (scups)

Holonyms ("Sparidae" 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)

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