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EMBIOTOCIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes
Synonyms:
Embiotocidae; family Embiotocidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Embiotocidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Embiotocidae"):
surf fish; surffish; surfperch (small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America)
genus Hipsurus; Hipsurus (a genus of Embiotocidae)
Holonyms ("Embiotocidae" 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)