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BROTULA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brotula mean?
• BROTULA (noun)
The noun BROTULA has 1 sense:
1. deep-sea fishes
Familiarity information: BROTULA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deep-sea fishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("brotula" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("brotula" is a member of...):
Brotulidae; family Brotulidae (chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae)
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