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Apogonidae

noun

bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth

• Syn: ↑family Apogonidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑cardinalfish, ↑Apogon, ↑genus Apogon, ↑Astropogon, ↑genus Astropogon

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\\ˌapəˈgänəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

in many classifications : a family (type genus Apogon) of bright-colored tropical marine percoid fishes many of which incubate the eggs in the mouth

Useful english dictionary. 2012.