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FAMILY SPARIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Porgies; scups
Synonyms:
family Sparidae; Sparidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Sparidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Sparidae"):
sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)
genus Pagrus; Pagrus (a genus of Sparidae)
genus Pagellus; Pagellus (sea breams)
Archosargus; genus Archosargus; genus Lagodon; Lagodon; Calamus; genus Calamus (a genus of Sparidae)
Chrysophrys; genus Chrysophrys (Australian snapper)
genus Stenotomus; Stenotomus (scups)
Holonyms ("family Sparidae" 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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