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COREGONIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae
Synonyms:
Coregonidae; family Coregonidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Coregonidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Coregonidae"):
whitefish (silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere)
Coregonus; genus Coregonus (type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes)
genus Prosopium; Prosopium (whitefishes)
Holonyms ("Coregonidae" is a member of...):
Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)