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KYPHOSIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Kyphosidae mean?

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

1. sea chubs

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

Dictionary entry details

• KYPHOSIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Kyphosidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Sea chubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Kyphosidae; Kyphosidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Kyphosidae"):

sea chub (schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic)

genus Kyphosus; Kyphosus (type genus of the Kyphosidae)

Holonyms ("Kyphosidae" 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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