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FAMILY CORYPHAENIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large active pelagic percoid fish
Synonyms:
Coryphaenidae; family Coryphaenidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Coryphaenidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Coryphaenidae"):
dolphin; dolphinfish; mahimahi (large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii))
Holonyms ("family Coryphaenidae" 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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