- family Cottidae
- nounsculpins• Syn: ↑Cottidae• Hypernyms: ↑fish family• Member Holonyms: ↑Scorpaenoidea, ↑suborder Scorpaenoidea• Member Meronyms:
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family Cottidae
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Cottidae — Bullhead, Cottus gobio in Lake Constance Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Cottidae — n. a natural family of fish including the sculpins. Syn: family {Cottidae}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cottidae — noun sculpins • Syn: ↑family Cottidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Scorpaenoidea, ↑suborder Scorpaenoidea • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fish family — noun any of various families of fish • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Cobitidae, ↑family Cobitidae, ↑Cyprinidae, ↑family Cyprinidae, ↑Electrophoridae, ↑family Electrophori … Useful english dictionary
scorpaeniform — Introduction also called mail cheeked fish, any member of the order Scorpaeniformes, a group of bony fishes that includes the sea robins, sculpins, and numerous other forms. They are characterized by a plate of bone running across each… … Universalium
sculpin — /skul pin/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) sculpin, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) sculpins. 1. any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side;… … Universalium
Scaled sculpin — Taxobox name = Scaled sculpins regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Scorpaeniformes familia = Cottidae genus = Icelus genus authority = Krøyer, 1845 subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = See text.Scaled sculpins … Wikipedia
perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… … Universalium
Cottus (genus) — Cottus Cottus gobio in Lake Constance Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Pygmy sculpin — Conservation status Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1] … Wikipedia
