ACIPENSERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acipenseridae mean? 

• ACIPENSERIDAE (noun)
  The noun ACIPENSERIDAE has 1 sense:

1. sturgeons

  Familiarity information: ACIPENSERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACIPENSERIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sturgeons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acipenseridae; family Acipenseridae

Hypernyms ("Acipenseridae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Acipenseridae"):

sturgeon (large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone)

Acipenser; genus Acipenser (type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons)

Holonyms ("Acipenseridae" is a member of...):

Ganoidei; order Ganoidei (a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales)