malacopterygii
English Thesaurus
1. an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cypriniformes, order cypriniformes, |
| definition | : | an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | order siluriformes, siluriformes, |
| definition | : | an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | gadiformes, order gadiformes, |
| definition | : | cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | anacanthini, order anacanthini, |
| definition | : | at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | isospondyli, order isospondyli, |
| definition | : | most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | subclass teleostei, teleostei, |
| definition | : | large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species (noun.animal) |
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