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PLATYCEPHALIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Platycephalidae mean?
• PLATYCEPHALIDAE (noun)
The noun PLATYCEPHALIDAE has 1 sense:
1. scorpaenoid flatheads
Familiarity information: PLATYCEPHALIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scorpaenoid flatheads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Platycephalidae; Platycephalidae
Hypernyms ("Platycephalidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Platycephalidae"):
flathead (food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards)
Holonyms ("Platycephalidae" is a member of...):
Scorpaenoidea; suborder Scorpaenoidea (mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards)
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