MOLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Molidae mean? 

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

1. ocean sunfishes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ocean sunfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Molidae; Molidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Molidae"):

genus Mola (type genus of the Molidae)

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

order Plectognathi; order Tetraodontiformes; Plectognathi (boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers)