HyperDic: family_coregonidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Coregonidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Coregonidae, Coregonidaesoft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes
English > family Coregonidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsoft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae.
SynonymCoregonidae
Member ofIsospondyli, order IsospondyliMost primitive teleost fishes
MembersCoregonus, genus Coregonustype genus of the Coregonidae
Prosopium, genus Prosopiumwhitefishes
whitefishsilvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
Broaderfish familyAny of various families of fish

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