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ELOPIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Elopidae mean?
• ELOPIDAE (noun)
The noun ELOPIDAE has 1 sense:
1. tarpons and ladyfishes
Familiarity information: ELOPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tarpons and ladyfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Elopidae; family Elopidae
Hypernyms ("Elopidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Elopidae"):
genus Tarpon (tarpons)
Elops; genus Elops (type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder)
Holonyms ("Elopidae" is a member of...):
Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)
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