Akademik

Ostraciidae

noun

boxfishes

• Syn: ↑family Ostraciidae, ↑family Ostraciontidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Plectognathi, ↑order Plectognathi, ↑order Tetraodontiformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑boxfish, ↑trunkfish, ↑Lactophrys, ↑genus Lactophrys

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\\ˌästrəˈsīəˌdē\

Etymology: New Latin, from Ostracion + -idae

synonym of ostraciontidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.