FAMILY ACIPENSERIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Sturgeons

Synonyms:

Acipenseridae; family Acipenseridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Acipenseridae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Acipenseridae"):

sturgeon (large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone)

Acipenser; genus Acipenser (type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons)

Holonyms ("family Acipenseridae" is a member of...):

Ganoidei; order Ganoidei (a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales)