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Osmeridae

noun

smelts

• Syn: ↑family Osmeridae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Isospondyli, ↑order Isospondyli

• Member Meronyms: ↑smelt, ↑Osmerus, ↑genus Osmerus, ↑Mallotus, ↑genus Mallotus

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\\äzˈmerəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family (order Isospondyli) to which the true smelts belong

Useful english dictionary. 2012.