family ameiuridae

English Thesaurus

1. North American catfishes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish family,
definition	:	any of various families of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	ameiurus, genus ameiurus,
definition	:	type genus of the Ameiuridae: bullhead catfishes (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus ictalurus, ictalurus,
definition	:	channel catfishes (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus pylodictus, pylodictus,
definition	:	flathead catfishes (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order siluriformes, siluriformes,
definition	:	an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes (noun.animal)