FAMILY ALOPIIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Thresher sharks

Synonyms:

Alopiidae; family Alopiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Alopiidae"):

Alopius; genus Alopius (type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae)

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

Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates)