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MURAENIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine eels
Synonyms:
family Muraenidae; Muraenidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Muraenidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Muraenidae"):
moray; moray eel (family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked)
Holonyms ("Muraenidae" is a member of...):
Anguilliformes; order Anguilliformes; order Apodes (elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced)
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