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Syngnathidae

noun

pipefishes

• Syn: ↑family Syngnathidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Solenichthyes, ↑order Solenichthyes

• Member Meronyms:

↑pipefish, ↑needlefish, ↑Syngnathus, ↑genus Syngnathus, ↑Cosmocampus, ↑genus Cosmocampus, ↑Hippocampus, ↑genus Hippocampus

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\\siŋˈnathəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of fishes (order Solenichthyes) having an elongate tubular snout, lacking the pelvic and first dorsal fins, and comprising the sea horse and pipefishes

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Syngnathidae /sin- or sing-gnathˈi-dē, also sing-nathˈ/ plural noun

The pipefish family

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Main Entry: ↑syngnathous

Useful english dictionary. 2012.