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BLENNIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Blenniidae mean?
• BLENNIIDAE (noun)
The noun BLENNIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of fish including: combtooth blennies
Familiarity information: BLENNIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of fish including: combtooth blennies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Blenniidae; family Blenniidae
Hypernyms ("Blenniidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Blenniidae"):
blenny; combtooth blenny (small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks)
Blennius; genus Blennius (type genus of the Blenniidae)
genus Scartella; Scartella (a genus of Blenniidae)
Holonyms ("Blenniidae" is a member of...):
Blennioidea; suborder Blennioidea (blennies; butterfishes; gunnels)
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