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POMACENTRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pomacentridae mean?
• POMACENTRIDAE (noun)
The noun POMACENTRIDAE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: POMACENTRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Damselfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Pomacentridae; Pomacentridae
Hypernyms ("Pomacentridae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Pomacentridae"):
damselfish; demoiselle (small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs)
genus Pomacentrus; Pomacentrus (type genus of the Pomacentridae: damselfishes)
Amphiprion; genus Amphiprion; Abudefduf; genus Abudefduf (damsel fishes)
Holonyms ("Pomacentridae" is a member of...):
order Perciformes; order Percomorphi; Perciformes; Percomorphi (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna)
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