FAMILY TRIGLIDAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Triglidae mean? 

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

1. in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY TRIGLIDAE (noun)

Meaning:

In some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Triglidae; Triglidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Triglidae"):

gurnard (bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom)

genus Triga; Triga (type genus of the Triglidae)

subfamily Triglinae; Triglinae (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins))

genus Prionotus; Prionotus (a genus of Triglidae)

Peristediinae; subfamily Peristediinae (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins)

genus Peristedion; Peristedion (in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins)

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

Scorpaenoidea; suborder Scorpaenoidea (mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards)