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malacanthidae
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun malacanthidae has 1 sense
- malacanthidae(n = noun.animal) family malacanthidae - short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored; Array is a kind of fish family
is a member of order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphi
CIDE DICTIONARY
malacanthidae, prop. n.
A natural family of short-headed marine fishes which are often brightly colored. [WordNet 1.5]
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