- family Opisthognathidae
- nounjawfishes• Syn: ↑Opisthognathidae• Hypernyms: ↑fish family• Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi• Member Meronyms: ↑jawfish
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family Opisthognathidae
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Opisthognathidae — noun jawfishes • Syn: ↑family Opisthognathidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi … Useful english dictionary
Opisthognathidae — Jawfishes Yellow headed jawfish, Opistognathus aurifrons Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
fish family — noun any of various families of fish • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Cobitidae, ↑family Cobitidae, ↑Cyprinidae, ↑family Cyprinidae, ↑Electrophoridae, ↑family Electrophori … Useful english dictionary
order Perciformes — noun one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna • Syn: ↑Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthoptery … Useful english dictionary
order Percomorphi — noun one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna • Syn: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthoptery … Useful english dictionary
Perciformes — noun one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna • Syn: ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Percomorphi — noun one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna • Syn: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑order Percomorphi • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
jawfish — noun small large mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Member Holonyms: ↑Opisthognathidae, ↑family… … Useful english dictionary
jawfish — /jaw fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) jawfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) jawfishes. any of several large mouthed fishes of the family Opisthognathidae, common along sandy bottoms of warm seas. [JAW1 + FISH] * * * … Universalium
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
