FAMILY LUTJANIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Lutjanidae mean? 

• FAMILY LUTJANIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY LUTJANIDAE has 1 sense:

1. snappers

  Familiarity information: FAMILY LUTJANIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY LUTJANIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Snappers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Lutjanidae; Lutjanidae

Hypernyms ("family Lutjanidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Lutjanidae"):

snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)

genus Lutjanus; Lutjanus (type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers)

genus Ocyurus; Ocyurus (snappers)

Holonyms ("family Lutjanidae" 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)