FAMILY PETROMYZONTIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Lampreys

Synonyms:

family Petromyzontidae; Petromyzontidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Petromyzontidae"):

lamper eel; lamprey; lamprey eel (primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue)

genus Petromyzon; Petromyzon (typical lampreys)

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

Cyclostomata; order Cyclostomata (primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes)