family chlorophthalmidae

1. 1.

   small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes

   SynonymsChlorophthalmidae

   Broaderfish family

   Part ofMalacopterygii

Questions about family chlorophthalmidae

What does family chlorophthalmidae mean?

family chlorophthalmidae means "small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes".

What is another word for family chlorophthalmidae?

Close synonyms include Chlorophthalmidae. 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 chlorophthalmidae a common word?

family chlorophthalmidae 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.