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TRICHIURIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cutlassfishes

Synonyms:

family Trichiuridae; Trichiuridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Trichiuridae"):

cutlassfish; frost fish; hairtail (long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel)

Holonyms ("Trichiuridae" 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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