PETROMYZONTIDAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Petromyzontidae mean? • PETROMYZONTIDAE (noun)
The noun PETROMYZONTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. lampreys
Familiarity information: PETROMYZONTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PETROMYZONTIDAE (noun)
Meaning:
Lampreys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Petromyzontidae; Petromyzontidae
Hypernyms ("Petromyzontidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Petromyzontidae"):
lamper eel; lamprey; lamprey eel (primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue)
genus Petromyzon; Petromyzon (typical lampreys)
Holonyms ("Petromyzontidae" is a member of...):
Cyclostomata; order Cyclostomata (primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes)
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