FAMILY SCOMBRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Scombridae mean? 

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

1. marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY SCOMBRIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Scombridae; Scombridae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "family Scombridae"):

mackerel (any of various fishes of the family Scombridae)

genus Scomber; Scomber (type genus of the Scombridae)

Acanthocybium; genus Acanthocybium (wahoos)

genus Scomberomorus; Scomberomorus (Spanish mackerels)

genus Thunnus; Thunnus (tunas: warm-blooded fishes)

genus Sarda; Sarda (bonitos)

Euthynnus; genus Euthynnus (a genus of Scombridae)

genus Katsuwonus; Katsuwonus (oceanic bonitos; in some classifications placed in its own family Katsuwonidae)

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

Scombroidea; suborder Scombroidea (mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes)