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SOLENICHTHYES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout
Synonyms:
order Solenichthyes; Solenichthyes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Solenichthyes" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Solenichthyes"):
family Fistulariidae; Fistulariidae (cornetfishes)
family Gasterosteidae; Gasterosteidae (sticklebacks)
family Syngnathidae; Syngnathidae (pipefishes)
family Macrorhamphosidae; Macrorhamphosidae (bellows fishes)
Centriscidae; family Centriscidae (shrimpfishes)
Aulostomidae; family Aulostomidae (trumpetfishes)
Holonyms ("Solenichthyes" is a member of...):
subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)
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