isospondyli
English Thesaurus
1. most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family gonorhynchidae, gonorhynchidae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | clupeidae, family clupeidae, |
| definition | : | herrings; shad; sardines; etc. (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | engraulidae, family engraulidae, |
| definition | : | anchovies (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family salmonidae, salmonidae, |
| definition | : | salmon and trout (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | coregonidae, family coregonidae, |
| definition | : | soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family osmeridae, osmeridae, |
| definition | : | smelts (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | elopidae, family elopidae, |
| definition | : | tarpons and ladyfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | albulidae, family albulidae, |
| definition | : | bonefish (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | argentinidae, family argentinidae, |
| definition | : | small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family myctophidae, myctophidae, |
| definition | : | deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | malacopterygii, superorder malacopterygii, |
| definition | : | an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays (noun.animal) |
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