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ARIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ariidae mean?
• ARIIDAE (noun)
The noun ARIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. sea catfishes
Familiarity information: ARIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sea catfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ariidae; family Ariidae
Hypernyms ("Ariidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Ariidae"):
sea catfish (any of numerous marine fishes most of which are mouthbreeders; not used for food)
Arius; genus Arius (type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes)
Holonyms ("Ariidae" is a member of...):
order Siluriformes; Siluriformes (an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes)
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