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FAMILY PRIACANTHIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas
Synonyms:
family Priacanthidae; Priacanthidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Priacanthidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Priacanthidae"):
genus Priacanthus; Priacanthus (type genus of the Priacanthidae)
Holonyms ("family Priacanthidae" 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)