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FAMILY ACANTHURIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Surgeonfishes
Synonyms:
Acanthuridae; family Acanthuridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Acanthuridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Acanthuridae"):
surgeonfish (brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail)
Acanthurus; genus Acanthurus (type genus of the Acanthuridae: doctorfishes)
Holonyms ("family Acanthuridae" 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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