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CARAPIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae
Synonyms:
Carapidae; family Carapidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Carapidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Carapidae"):
pearl-fish; pearlfish (found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds)
Holonyms ("Carapidae" 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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