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OSMERIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smelts
Synonyms:
family Osmeridae; Osmeridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Osmeridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Osmeridae"):
smelt (small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters)
genus Osmerus; Osmerus (type genus of the Osmeridae)
genus Mallotus; Mallotus (capelins)
Holonyms ("Osmeridae" is a member of...):
Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)
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