chordate family

English Thesaurus

1. any family in the phylum Chordata (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	family,
definition	:	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group)

hyponym	:	amphioxidae, branchiostomidae, family amphioxidae, family branchiostomidae,
definition	:	lancelets (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	family salpidae, salpidae,
definition	:	a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	doliolidae, family doliolidae,
definition	:	oceanic tunicates (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	chordata, phylum chordata,
definition	:	comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord (noun.animal)