PEDICULATI

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pediculati mean? 

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

1. anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDICULATI (noun)

Meaning:

Anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Pediculati; Pediculati

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Pediculati"):

family Ogcocephalidae; Ogcocephalidae (batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes)

family Lophiidae; Lophiidae (large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers)

Batrachoididae; family Batrachoididae (toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes)

Antennariidae; family Antennariidae (frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers)

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

Acanthopterygii; superorder Acanthopterygii (teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays)