ORDER SYNENTOGNATHI

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks

Synonyms:

order Synentognathi; Synentognathi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("order Synentognathi" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Synentognathi"):

Belonidae; family Belonidae (ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars)

Exocoetidae; family Exocoetidae (flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks)

family Hemiramphidae; Hemiramphidae (halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide)

family Scomberesocidae; family Scombresocidae; Scomberesocidae; Scombresocidae (only sauries)

Holonyms ("order Synentognathi" is a member of...):

subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)