APOGONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Apogonidae mean? 

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

1. bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• APOGONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Apogonidae; family Apogonidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Apogonidae"):

cardinalfish (small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters)

Apogon; genus Apogon (type genus of the Apogonidae)

Astropogon; genus Astropogon (a genus of fish of the family Apogonidae)

Holonyms ("Apogonidae" 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)