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CARAPIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae

Synonyms:

Carapidae; family Carapidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Carapidae"):

pearl-fish; pearlfish (found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds)

Holonyms ("Carapidae" 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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