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SCARIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Parrotfishes

Synonyms:

family Scaridae; Scaridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Scaridae"):

parrotfish; polly fish; pollyfish (gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth)

Holonyms ("Scaridae" 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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