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FAMILY ESOCIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pikes; pickerels; muskellunges
Synonyms:
Esocidae; family Esocidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Esocidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Esocidae"):
Esox; genus Esox (type and only genus of the family Esocidae)
Holonyms ("family Esocidae" 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)