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    FAMILY SPHYRAENIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracudaplay

    Synonyms:

    family Sphyraenidae; Sphyraenidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    fish family (any of various families of fish)

    Meronyms (members of "family Sphyraenidae"):

    genus Sphyraena; Sphyraena (type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda)

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

    Mugiloidea; suborder Mugiloidea (fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae)

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