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Scombresocidae

noun

only sauries

• Syn: ↑Scomberesocidae, ↑family Scomberesocidae, ↑family Scombresocidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Synentognathi, ↑order Synentognathi

• Member Meronyms: ↑Scomberesox, ↑genus Scomberesox, ↑Scombresox, ↑genus Scombresox

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\\ˌskämbrəˈsäsəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sombresoc-, Sombresox, type genus + -idae

: a family of slender elongate thin-scaled fishes including only the sauries and with the needlefishes (family Belonidae) forming a distinct suborder of the order Synentognathi

Useful english dictionary. 2012.