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Macruridae

noun

grenadiers

• Syn: ↑Macrouridae, ↑family Macrouridae, ↑family Macruridae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gadiformes, ↑order Gadiformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑grenadier, ↑rattail, ↑rattail fish

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\\-u̇rəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of fishes (order Anacanthini) comprising the grenadiers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.