BOTHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bothidae mean? 

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

1. a family of fish of the order Heterosomata

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOTHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of fish of the order Heterosomata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bothidae; family Bothidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Bothidae"):

lefteye flounder; lefteyed flounder (flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head)

genus Paralichthys; Paralichthys; Etropus; genus Etropus; Citharichthys; genus Citharichthys; genus Scophthalmus; Scophthalmus; genus Psetta; Psetta (a genus of Bothidae)

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

Heterosomata; order Heterosomata; order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes)