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OSTRACIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ostraciidae mean? 

OSTRACIIDAE (noun)
  The noun OSTRACIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. boxfishesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OSTRACIIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Boxfishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Ostraciidae; family Ostraciontidae; Ostraciidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Ostraciidae"):

boxfish; trunkfish (any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates)

genus Lactophrys; Lactophrys (a genus of Ostraciidae)

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

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


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