scaridae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Scaridae*:
NOUN	animal	Scaridae, family Scaridae	parrotfishes

English > *Scaridae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	parrotfishes.
Synonym	family Scaridae
Member of	Perciformes, order Perciformes, Percomorphi, order Percomorphi	One of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water
Members	parrotfish, polly fish, pollyfish	gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
Broader	fish family	Any of various families of fish
Spanish	escáridos, familia Scaridae, Scaridae
Catalan	escàrids, Scaridae

HyperDic: scaridae