Branchiostegidae — noun small family of marine fishes having covered gills • Syn: ↑family Branchiostegidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑ … 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
tilefish — /tuyl fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) tilefish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) tilefishes. 1. a large, brilliantly colored food fish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, of deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean. 2. any of several… … Universalium
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
blanquillo — noun important marine food fishes • Syn: ↑tilefish • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Member Holonyms: ↑Branchiostegidae, ↑family Branchiostegidae … Useful english dictionary
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
tilefish — noun 1. important marine food fishes • Syn: ↑blanquillo • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Member Holonyms: ↑Branchiostegidae, ↑family Branch … Useful english dictionary