family Belonidae

family Belonidae
noun
ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars
Syn: ↑Belonidae
Hypernyms: ↑fish family
Member Holonyms: ↑Synentognathi, ↑order Synentognathi
Member Meronyms: ↑needlefish, ↑gar, ↑billfish

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