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Labridae

noun

wrasses

• Syn: ↑family Labridae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

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

• Member Meronyms:

↑Achoerodus, ↑genus Achoerodus, ↑Lachnolaimus, ↑genus Lachnolaimus, ↑Halicoeres, ↑genus Halicoeres, ↑Thalassoma, ↑genus Thalassoma, ↑Hemipteronatus, ↑genus Hemipteronatus, ↑Tautoga, ↑genus Tautoga, ↑Tautogolabrus, ↑genus Tautogolabrus

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\\ˈlabrəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a large and important family of percoid fishes having the palate toothless, the anterior teeth of the jaws separate and usually strong, and the lower pharyngeals completely united into one bone with conical or tubercular teeth — see wrasse

Useful english dictionary. 2012.