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FAMILY MALACANTHIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored
Synonyms:
family Malacanthidae; Malacanthidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Malacanthidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Malacanthidae"):
genus Lopholatilus; Lopholatilus (large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters)
Holonyms ("family Malacanthidae" 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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