EPHIPPIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ephippidae mean? 

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

1. small family comprising the spadefishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPHIPPIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small family comprising the spadefishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ephippidae; family Ephippidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Ephippidae"):

Chaetodipterus; genus Chaetodipterus (a genus of Ephippidae)

Holonyms ("Ephippidae" 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)