ANABANTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anabantidae mean? 

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

1. small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANABANTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anabantidae; family Anabantidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Anabantidae"):

Anabas; genus Anabas (the type genus of the family Anabantidae; small fish that resemble perch)

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

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)