- family Cynoglossidae
- nountonguefishes• Syn: ↑Cynoglossidae• Hypernyms: ↑fish family• Member Holonyms: ↑Heterosomata, ↑order Heterosomata, ↑order Pleuronectiformes• Member Meronyms: ↑tonguefish, ↑tongue-fish
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family Cynoglossidae
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Cynoglossidae — n. a natural family of fish including the tonguefishes. Syn: family {Cynoglossidae}. [WordNet 1.5] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cynoglossidae — noun tonguefishes • Syn: ↑family Cynoglossidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Heterosomata, ↑order Heterosomata, ↑order Pleuronectiformes … 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
Tonguefish — Tonguefishes Northern tonguefish, Symphurus pusillus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
pleuronectiform — ▪ fish order Introduction also called flatfish, any member of the order Pleuronectiformes, which includes about 600 species of bony, oval shaped, flattened fishes such as the flounder, halibut, and turbot. The pleuronectiforms are unique … Universalium
tonguefish — noun left eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value • Syn: ↑tongue fish • Hypernyms: ↑flatfish • Member Holonyms: ↑Cynoglossidae, ↑family Cynoglossidae * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ … Useful english dictionary
Heterosomata — noun flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes • Syn: ↑order Heterosomata, ↑order Pleuronectiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Ac … Useful english dictionary
order Heterosomata — noun flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes • Syn: ↑Heterosomata, ↑order Pleuronectiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthopterygi … Useful english dictionary
order Pleuronectiformes — noun flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes • Syn: ↑Heterosomata, ↑order Heterosomata • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthopterygii, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tonguefish — /tung fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) tonguefish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) tonguefishes. any of several flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, having the tail tapered to a point. [1645 55; TONGUE + FISH] * * * ▪ fish… … Universalium
