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Priacanthidae

noun

small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas

• Syn: ↑family Priacanthidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi

• Member Meronyms: ↑Priacanthus, ↑genus Priacanthus

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷thəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Priacanthus, type genus + -idae

: a family of small usually red or rose-colored carnivorous percoid fishes of tropical seas having the body short and covered with rough scales, the eyes large, and the mouth very oblique

Useful english dictionary. 2012.