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FAMILY APOGONIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Apogonidae mean?

• FAMILY APOGONIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY APOGONIDAE has 1 sense:

1. bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth

Familiarity information: FAMILY APOGONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY APOGONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Apogonidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Apogonidae; family Apogonidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Apogonidae"):

cardinalfish (small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters)

Apogon; genus Apogon (type genus of the Apogonidae)

Astropogon; genus Astropogon (a genus of fish of the family Apogonidae)

Holonyms ("family Apogonidae" 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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