LEPISOSTEIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepisosteidae mean? 

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

1. comprises the genus Lepisosteus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEPISOSTEIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comprises the genus Lepisosteus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Lepisosteidae; Lepisosteidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Lepisosteidae"):

genus Lepisosteus; Lepisosteus (type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars)

Holonyms ("Lepisosteidae" is a member of...):

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