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Callionymidae

noun

dragonets

• Syn: ↑family Callionymidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑dragonet

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\\ˌkalēōˈniməˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Callionymus, type genus (from Greek kalliōnymos stargazer, from kalli- calli- + -ōnymos, from onyma, onoma name) + -idae — more at name

: a family of percomorph fishes widely distributed in shallow seas and comprising the dragonets

Useful english dictionary. 2012.