family atherinidae

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   small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water

   SynonymsAtherinidae

   Broaderfish family

   Part ofMugiloidea

Questions about family atherinidae

What does family atherinidae mean?

family atherinidae means "small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water".

What is another word for family atherinidae?

Close synonyms include Atherinidae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family atherinidae a common word?

family atherinidae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.