EXOCOETIDAE

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Meaning:

Flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks

Synonyms:

Exocoetidae; family Exocoetidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Exocoetidae"):

flying fish (tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight)

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

order Synentognathi; Synentognathi (order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks)