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Synodontidae

noun

soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes

• Syn: ↑family Synodontidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Malacopterygii, ↑superorder Malacopterygii

• Member Meronyms: ↑lizardfish, ↑snakefish, ↑snake-fish

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\\ˌsinəˈdäntəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Synodont-, Synodus, type genus (from syn- + -odont-, -odus) + -idae

: a family of fishes (order Iniomi) comprising the lizard fishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.