siluriformes
English Thesaurus
1. an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | catfish, siluriform fish, |
| definition | : | any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family siluridae, siluridae, |
| definition | : | Old World catfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | ameiuridae, family ameiuridae, |
| definition | : | North American catfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family laricariidae, laricariidae, |
| definition | : | armored catfish (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | ariidae, family ariidae, |
| definition | : | sea catfishes (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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