MUGILIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mugilidae mean? 

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

1. grey mullets

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUGILIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grey mullets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Mugilidae; Mugilidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Mugilidae"):

gray mullet; grey mullet; mullet (freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide)

genus Mugil; Mugil (type genus of the Mugilidae: mullets)

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

Mugiloidea; suborder Mugiloidea (fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae)