PRIACANTHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Priacanthidae mean? 

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

1. small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIACANTHIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Priacanthidae; Priacanthidae

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

fish family (any of various families of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Priacanthidae"):

genus Priacanthus; Priacanthus (type genus of the Priacanthidae)

Holonyms ("Priacanthidae" 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)