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TRIGLIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)
Synonyms:
family Triglidae; Triglidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Triglidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Triglidae"):
gurnard (bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom)
genus Triga; Triga (type genus of the Triglidae)
subfamily Triglinae; Triglinae (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins))
genus Prionotus; Prionotus (a genus of Triglidae)
Peristediinae; subfamily Peristediinae (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins)
genus Peristedion; Peristedion (in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins)
Holonyms ("Triglidae" is a member of...):
Scorpaenoidea; suborder Scorpaenoidea (mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards)
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