family osmeridae

English Thesaurus

1. smelts (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	smelt,
definition	:	small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus osmerus, osmerus,
definition	:	type genus of the Osmeridae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus mallotus, mallotus,
definition	:	capelins (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	isospondyli, order isospondyli,
definition	:	most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon (noun.animal)