FAMILY POLYODONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Polyodontidae mean? 

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

1. paddlefishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY POLYODONTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Paddlefishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Polyodontidae; Polyodontidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Polyodontidae"):

genus Polyodon; Polyodon (type genus of the Polyodontidae)

genus Psephurus; Psephurus (a genus of Polyodontidae)

Holonyms ("family Polyodontidae" is a member of...):

Ganoidei; order Ganoidei (a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales)