Akademik

Hexagrammidae

noun

greenlings

• Syn: ↑family Hexagrammidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Scleroparei, ↑order Scleroparei

• Member Meronyms: ↑greenling, ↑Hexagrammos, ↑genus Hexagrammos, ↑Oxylebius, ↑genus Oxylebius

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\\ˌheksəˈgraməˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of marine carnivorous fishes (order Scleroparei) of the northern Pacific ocean that includes several food fishes — see greenling

Useful english dictionary. 2012.