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    FAMILY EXOCOETIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaksplay

    Synonyms:

    Exocoetidae; family Exocoetidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Exocoetidae"):

    flying fish (tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight)

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

    order Synentognathi; Synentognathi (order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks)

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