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FAMILY LABRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Labridae mean?
• FAMILY LABRIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY LABRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. wrasses
Familiarity information: FAMILY LABRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wrasses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Labridae; Labridae
Hypernyms ("family Labridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "family Labridae"):
Achoerodus; genus Achoerodus; genus Lachnolaimus; Lachnolaimus; genus Halicoeres; Halicoeres; genus Thalassoma; Thalassoma (a genus of Labridae)
genus Hemipteronatus; Hemipteronatus (razor fish)
genus Tautoga; Tautoga (tautogs)
genus Tautogolabrus; Tautogolabrus (a genus of Labridae)
Holonyms ("family Labridae" 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)
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