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MACROURIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Macrouridae; family Macruridae; Macrouridae; Macruridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Macrouridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Macrouridae"):
grenadier; rattail; rattail fish (deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail)
Holonyms ("Macrouridae" is a member of...):
Gadiformes; order Gadiformes (cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini)