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    FAMILY BLENNIIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of fish including: combtooth blenniesplay

    Synonyms:

    Blenniidae; family Blenniidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Blenniidae" is a kind of...):

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Blenniidae"):

    blenny; combtooth blenny (small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks)

    Blennius; genus Blennius (type genus of the Blenniidae)

    genus Scartella; Scartella (a genus of Blenniidae)

    Holonyms ("family Blenniidae" is a member of...):

    Blennioidea; suborder Blennioidea (blennies; butterfishes; gunnels)

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