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GONORHYNCHIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gonorhynchidae mean?
• GONORHYNCHIDAE (noun)
The noun GONORHYNCHIDAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus
Familiarity information: GONORHYNCHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Gonorhynchidae; Gonorhynchidae
Hypernyms ("Gonorhynchidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Gonorhynchidae"):
genus Gonorhynchus; Gonorhynchus (slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth)
Holonyms ("Gonorhynchidae" is a member of...):
Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)
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