AMEIURIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

North American catfishes

Synonyms:

Ameiuridae; family Ameiuridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Ameiuridae"):

Ameiurus; genus Ameiurus (type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes)

genus Ictalurus; Ictalurus (channel catfishes)

genus Pylodictus; Pylodictus (flathead catfishes)

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

order Siluriformes; Siluriformes (an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes)