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LUTJANIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lutjanidae mean?
• LUTJANIDAE (noun)
The noun LUTJANIDAE has 1 sense:
1. snappers
Familiarity information: LUTJANIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Snappers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Lutjanidae; Lutjanidae
Hypernyms ("Lutjanidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Lutjanidae"):
snapper (any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal waters)
genus Lutjanus; Lutjanus (type genus of the Lutjanidae: snappers)
genus Ocyurus; Ocyurus (snappers)
Holonyms ("Lutjanidae" 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)
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