Akademik

Cottidae

noun

sculpins

• Syn: ↑family Cottidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scorpaenoidea, ↑suborder Scorpaenoidea

• Member Meronyms:

↑Cottus, ↑genus Cottus, ↑sculpin, ↑Hemitripterus, ↑genus Hemitripterus, ↑Myxocephalus, ↑genus Myxocephalus

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\\ˈkäd.əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of fishes (order Scleroparei) comprising the sculpins and related forms all of which have a tapering body, wide mouth, and large head and occur in fresh and salt water in the cold and temperate parts of the northern hemisphere

Useful english dictionary. 2012.