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FAMILY CHAETODONTIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Butterfly fishes
Synonyms:
Chaetodontidae; family Chaetodontidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Chaetodontidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Chaetodontidae"):
butterfly fish (small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide)
genus Chaetodon (type genus of the Chaetodontidae)
genus Pomacanthus; Pomacanthus (angelfishes)
Holonyms ("family Chaetodontidae" 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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