MALACANTHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malacanthidae mean? 

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

1. short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALACANTHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Malacanthidae; Malacanthidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Malacanthidae"):

genus Lopholatilus; Lopholatilus (large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters)

Holonyms ("Malacanthidae" 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)