ORDER SCLEROPAREI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Scleroparei mean? 

• ORDER SCLEROPAREI (noun)
  The noun ORDER SCLEROPAREI has 1 sense:

1. scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards

  Familiarity information: ORDER SCLEROPAREI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER SCLEROPAREI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Scleroparei; Scleroparei

Hypernyms ("order Scleroparei" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Scleroparei"):

Agonidae; family Agonidae (poachers)

family Hexagrammidae; Hexagrammidae (greenlings)

Dactylopteridae; family Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)

Holonyms ("order Scleroparei" is a member of...):

Acanthopterygii; superorder Acanthopterygii (teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays)