family sphyraenidae

English Thesaurus

1. monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	genus sphyraena, sphyraena,
definition	:	type and sole genus of the Sphyraenidae: barracuda (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	mugiloidea, suborder mugiloidea,
definition	:	fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae (noun.animal)