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    SCOMBROIDEA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishesplay

    Synonyms:

    Scombroidea; suborder Scombroidea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Meronyms (members of "Scombroidea"):

    scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)

    family Scombridae; Scombridae (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna)

    family Kasuwonidae; Katsuwonidae (in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos)

    family Xiphiidae; Xiphiidae (comprising the common swordfishes)

    family Istiophoridae; Istiophoridae (sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins)

    family Luvaridae; Luvaridae (louvars)

    Holonyms ("Scombroidea" 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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