Carapidae

Carapidae
noun
pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae
Syn: ↑family Carapidae
Hypernyms: ↑fish family
Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi
Member Meronyms: ↑pearlfish, ↑pearl-fish

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\\kəˈrapəˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Carapus, type genus + -idae
: a small family of percomorph fishes related to the brotulids and comprising the pearl fishes — see carapus

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