superorder acanthopterygii
English Thesaurus
1. teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | berycomorphi, order berycomorphi, |
| definition | : | an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | order zeomorphi, zeomorphi, |
| definition | : | dories (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | order pediculati, pediculati, |
| definition | : | anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish, |
| definition | : | a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphi, |
| definition | : | one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | discocephali, order discocephali, |
| definition | : | small order of fishes comprising the remoras (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | order scleroparei, scleroparei, |
| definition | : | scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | scorpaenoidea, suborder scorpaenoidea, |
| definition | : | mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | order plectognathi, order tetraodontiformes, plectognathi, |
| definition | : | boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | heterosomata, order heterosomata, order pleuronectiformes, |
| definition | : | flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | subclass teleostei, teleostei, |
| definition | : | large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species (noun.animal) |
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