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CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes

Synonyms:

Chlorophthalmidae; family Chlorophthalmidae

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Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Chlorophthalmidae"):

greeneye (bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster)

Holonyms ("Chlorophthalmidae" is a member of...):

Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii (an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays)

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