OSMERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Osmeridae mean? 

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

1. smelts

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSMERIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Smelts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Osmeridae; Osmeridae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Osmeridae"):

smelt (small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters)

genus Osmerus; Osmerus (type genus of the Osmeridae)

genus Mallotus; Mallotus (capelins)

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

Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)