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FAMILY ENGRAULIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Engraulidae mean?
• FAMILY ENGRAULIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ENGRAULIDAE has 1 sense:
1. anchovies
Familiarity information: FAMILY ENGRAULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anchovies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Engraulidae; family Engraulidae
Hypernyms ("family Engraulidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Engraulidae"):
anchovy (small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide)
Holonyms ("family Engraulidae" 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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