Akademik

Esocidae

noun

pikes; pickerels; muskellunges

• Syn: ↑family Esocidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑Esox, ↑genus Esox

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\\ə̇ˈsäsəˌdē, ēˈ-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Esoc-, Esox, type genus + -idae

: a family of elongated voracious freshwater fishes (order Haplomi) coextensive with the genus Esox and comprising the pikes, pickerels, and muskellunges

Useful english dictionary. 2012.