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FAMILY ATHERINIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Atherinidae mean?

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

1. small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water

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

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY ATHERINIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Atherinidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atherinidae; family Atherinidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Atherinidae"):

silverside; silversides (small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States)

Atherinopsis; genus Atherinopsis (a genus of Atherinidae)

Holonyms ("family Atherinidae" is a member of...):

Mugiloidea; suborder Mugiloidea (fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae)

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