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    FAMILY COREGONIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Coregonidae; family Coregonidae

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    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Coregonidae"):

    whitefish (silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere)

    Coregonus; genus Coregonus (type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes)

    genus Prosopium; Prosopium (whitefishes)

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

    Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)

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