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FAMILY ELECTROPHORIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small family comprising the electric eels
Synonyms:
Electrophoridae; family Electrophoridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Electrophoridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Electrophoridae"):
Electrophorus; genus Electrophorus (type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels)
Holonyms ("family Electrophoridae" is a member of...):
Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes (an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi)