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Coregonidae

noun

soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae

• Syn: ↑family Coregonidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Isospondyli, ↑order Isospondyli

• Member Meronyms: ↑whitefish, ↑Coregonus, ↑genus Coregonus, ↑Prosopium, ↑genus Prosopium

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgōnəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

in some classifications : a family of fishes (order Isospondyli) comprising the freshwater whitefishes and now usually included among the Salmonidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.