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FAMILY KYPHOSIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sea chubs
Synonyms:
family Kyphosidae; Kyphosidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Kyphosidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Kyphosidae"):
sea chub (schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic)
genus Kyphosus; Kyphosus (type genus of the Kyphosidae)
Holonyms ("family Kyphosidae" 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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