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BATRACHOIDIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes
Synonyms:
Batrachoididae; family Batrachoididae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Batrachoididae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Batrachoididae"):
Opsanus tau; toadfish (bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth)
Holonyms ("Batrachoididae" is a member of...):
order Pediculati; Pediculati (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)