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    FAMILY CHAETODONTIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Butterfly fishesplay

    Synonyms:

    Chaetodontidae; family Chaetodontidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Chaetodontidae"):

    butterfly fish (small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide)

    genus Chaetodon (type genus of the Chaetodontidae)

    genus Pomacanthus; Pomacanthus (angelfishes)

    Holonyms ("family Chaetodontidae" 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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