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    FAMILY GEMPYLIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Snake mackerelsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Gempylidae; Gempylidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Gempylidae"):

    gempylid (snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide)

    Gempylus; genus Gempylus (type genus of the Gempylidae)

    Gempylus serpens; snake mackerel (predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth)

    genus Lepidocybium; Lepidocybium (a genus of Gempylidae)

    Holonyms ("family Gempylidae" 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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