FAMILY LEPISOSTEIDAE

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Meaning:

Comprises the genus Lepisosteus

Synonyms:

family Lepisosteidae; Lepisosteidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Lepisosteidae"):

genus Lepisosteus; Lepisosteus (type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars)

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

Ganoidei; order Ganoidei (a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales)