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HEXAGRAMMIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Hexagrammidae mean?

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

1. greenlings

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

Dictionary entry details

• HEXAGRAMMIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Hexagrammidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Greenlings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Hexagrammidae; Hexagrammidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Hexagrammidae"):

greenling (food fish of the northern Pacific)

genus Hexagrammos; Hexagrammos (type genus of the Hexagrammidae)

genus Oxylebius; Oxylebius (a genus of Hexagrammidae)

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

order Scleroparei; Scleroparei (scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards)

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