Triglidae

noun

in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)

• Syn: ↑family Triglidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scorpaenoidea, ↑suborder Scorpaenoidea

• Member Meronyms:

↑gurnard, ↑Triga, ↑genus Triga, ↑Triglinae, ↑subfamily Triglinae, ↑Prionotus, ↑genus Prionotus, ↑Peristediinae, ↑subfamily Peristediinae, ↑Peristedion, ↑genus Peristedion

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\\-ləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Trigla, type genus (from Late Latin, red mullet, from Greek trigla, triglē) + -idae; akin to Greek strix owl — more at strident

: a family of scorpaenid fishes comprising the gurnards