GOBIESOCIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gobiesocidae mean? 

• GOBIESOCIDAE (noun)
  The noun GOBIESOCIDAE has 1 sense:

1. clingfishes

  Familiarity information: GOBIESOCIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOBIESOCIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clingfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Gobiesocidae; Gobiesocidae

Hypernyms ("Gobiesocidae" is a kind of...):

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Gobiesocidae"):

genus Gobiesox; Gobiesox (type genus of the Gobiesocidae)

clingfish (very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.)

Holonyms ("Gobiesocidae" 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)