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FAMILY CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Chlorophthalmidae mean?
• FAMILY CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE has 1 sense:
1. small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes
Familiarity information: FAMILY CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAMILY CHLOROPHTHALMIDAE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chlorophthalmidae; family Chlorophthalmidae
Hypernyms ("family Chlorophthalmidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Chlorophthalmidae"):
greeneye (bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster)
Holonyms ("family Chlorophthalmidae" is a member of...):
Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii (an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays)
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