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Ariidae

noun

sea catfishes

• Syn: ↑family Ariidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Siluriformes, ↑order Siluriformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑sea catfish, ↑Arius, ↑genus Arius

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\\əˈrīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Arius, type genus (probably from Greek areios warlike, devoted to Ares, from Arēs Ares, god of war) + -idae

: a family of marine fishes (order Ostariophysi) comprising the sea catfishes and usually having a bony buckler from the skull to the dorsal spine — compare crucifix fish

Useful english dictionary. 2012.