BROTULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brotulidae mean? 

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

1. chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROTULIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Brotulidae; family Brotulidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Brotulidae"):

brotula (deep-sea fishes)

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

order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)