EXOCOETIDAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Exocoetidae mean? 

• EXOCOETIDAE (noun)
  The noun EXOCOETIDAE has 1 sense:

1. flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks

  Familiarity information: EXOCOETIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXOCOETIDAE (noun)

Meaning:

Flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Exocoetidae; family Exocoetidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Exocoetidae"):

flying fish (tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight)

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

order Synentognathi; Synentognathi (order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks)