noun
cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini
• Syn: ↑order Gadiformes
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Malacopterygii, ↑superorder Malacopterygii
• Member Meronyms: ↑Gadidae, ↑family Gadidae, ↑Macrouridae, ↑family Macrouridae, ↑Macruridae, ↑family Macruridae
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\\ˌgadə̇ˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
in some classifications : an order or other division of teleost fishes including the cods and closely related forms but usually more restricted than the order Anacanthini to which it is partially equivalent
Useful english dictionary. 2012.