DACTYLOPTERIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Flying gurnards

Synonyms:

Dactylopteridae; family Dactylopteridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Dactylopteridae"):

Dactylopterus; genus Dactylopterus (a genus of Dactylopteridae)

butterflyfish; flying gurnard; flying robin (tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins)

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

order Scleroparei; Scleroparei (scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards)