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    FAMILY PETROMYZONTIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Lampreysplay

    Synonyms:

    family Petromyzontidae; Petromyzontidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Petromyzontidae"):

    lamper eel; lamprey; lamprey eel (primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue)

    genus Petromyzon; Petromyzon (typical lampreys)

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

    Cyclostomata; order Cyclostomata (primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes)

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