FAMILY HEMIRAMPHIDAE

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Meaning:

Halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide

Synonyms:

family Hemiramphidae; Hemiramphidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Hemiramphidae"):

halfbeak (tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw)

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

order Synentognathi; Synentognathi (order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks)