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Engraulidae

noun

anchovies

• Syn: ↑family Engraulidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Isospondyli, ↑order Isospondyli

• Member Meronyms: ↑anchovy

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\\enˈgrȯləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Engraulis, type genus (from Greek engraulis anchovy) + -idae

: a family of small fishes related to the herrings and comprising the anchovies

Useful english dictionary. 2012.