BATRACHOIDIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Batrachoididae mean? 

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

1. toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATRACHOIDIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Batrachoididae; family Batrachoididae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Batrachoididae"):

Opsanus tau; toadfish (bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth)

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

order Pediculati; Pediculati (anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth)