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PHOLIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A family of fish of suborder Blennioidea
Synonyms:
family Pholidae; family Pholididae; Pholidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pholidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Pholidae"):
bracketed blenny; gunnel (small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic)
genus Pholis; Pholis (type genus of the Pholidae: gunnels)
Holonyms ("Pholidae" is a member of...):
Blennioidea; suborder Blennioidea (blennies; butterfishes; gunnels)
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