family Ceratodontidae

family Ceratodontidae
noun
lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth
Syn: ↑Ceratodontidae
Hypernyms: ↑fish family
Member Holonyms: ↑Dipnoi, ↑subclass Dipnoi
Member Meronyms: ↑genus Ceratodus, ↑Neoceratodus, ↑genus Neoceratodus

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