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FAMILY TRICHODONTIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud
Synonyms:
family Trichodontidae; Trichodontidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Trichodontidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Trichodontidae"):
sandfish (either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand)
Holonyms ("family Trichodontidae" 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)