DIODONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Diodontidae mean? 

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

1. spiny puffers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIODONTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiny puffers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Diodontidae; family Diodontidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Diodontidae"):

spiny puffer (puffers having rigid or erectile spines)

Diodon; genus Diodon (type genus of the Diodontidae)

Chilomycterus; genus Chilomycterus (burrfishes)

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

order Plectognathi; order Tetraodontiformes; Plectognathi (boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers)