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GADIFORMES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini

Synonyms:

Gadiformes; order Gadiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Gadiformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Gadiformes"):

family Gadidae; Gadidae (large family of important mostly marine food fishes)

family Macrouridae; family Macruridae; Macrouridae; Macruridae (grenadiers)

Holonyms ("Gadiformes" is a member of...):

Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii (an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays)

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