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)
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)