Akademik

Malacanthidae

noun

short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored

• Syn: ↑family Malacanthidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑Lopholatilus, ↑genus Lopholatilus

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkan(t)thəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of long compressed to fusiform short-headed marine percoid fishes that are often brightly colored and that include excellent food fishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.