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Sillaginidae

noun

small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia

• Syn: ↑family Sillaginidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Percoidea, ↑suborder Percoidea

• Member Meronyms: ↑Sillago, ↑genus Sillago

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\\ˌsiləˈjinəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sillagin-, Sillago, type genus + -idae

: a small family of elongate percoid fishes of the shallow waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific that though small are excellent food fishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.