family myctophidae

1. 1.

   deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes

   SynonymsMyctophidae

   Broaderfish family

   Part ofIsospondyli

Questions about family myctophidae

What does family myctophidae mean?

family myctophidae means "deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes".

What is another word for family myctophidae?

Close synonyms include Myctophidae. 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 myctophidae a common word?

family myctophidae 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.