Akademik

Carapidae

noun

pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae

• Syn: ↑family Carapidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑pearlfish, ↑pearl-fish

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\\kəˈrapəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a small family of percomorph fishes related to the brotulids and comprising the pearl fishes — see carapus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.