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Polyodontidae

noun

paddlefishes

• Syn: ↑family Polyodontidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ganoidei, ↑order Ganoidei

• Member Meronyms: ↑Polyodon, ↑genus Polyodon, ↑Psephurus, ↑genus Psephurus

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\\-ntəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Polyodont-, Polyodon, type genus + -idae

: a family of fishes (order Chondrostei) comprising the genera Polyodon and Psephurus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.