CORYPHAENIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coryphaenidae mean? 

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

1. large active pelagic percoid fish

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORYPHAENIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large active pelagic percoid fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Coryphaenidae; family Coryphaenidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Coryphaenidae"):

dolphin; dolphinfish; mahimahi (large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii))

Holonyms ("Coryphaenidae" 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)