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FAMILY MYCTOPHIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes
Synonyms:
family Myctophidae; Myctophidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Myctophidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Myctophidae"):
lanternfish (small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night)
Holonyms ("family Myctophidae" is a member of...):
Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)
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