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    FAMILY CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Chlorophthalmidae; family Chlorophthalmidae

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    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Chlorophthalmidae"):

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

    Holonyms ("family 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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