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family Gempylidae

family Gempylidae

9.9
A family of long sea fish called snake mackerels that eat other fish and live in deep water
  • noun
  • Specialized
: familia Gempylidae
  • The family Gempylidae includes several predatory fish found in deep waters around the world.

Examples

  • Members of the family Gempylidae are often called snake mackerels due to their appearance.

  • Biologists studied the unique teeth structures of fish in the family Gempylidae.

  • The family Gempylidae includes several species of snake mackerels.

  • Many members of the family Gempylidae are found in deep waters.

  • Biologists studied the unique teeth structures of fish in the family Gempylidae.

  • Members of the family Gempylidae are often called snake mackerels due to their appearance.

  • The family Gempylidae includes several predatory fish found in deep waters around the world.

Synonyms

Gempylidae
vsfamily Gempylidae
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of long, thin sea fish that eat other fish

notes they live in deep ocean waters rather than leaving habitat unspecified

Surface Forms

family Gempylidae singular
families Gempylidae plural

Morphology

family + Gempylidae

This is a straightforward taxonomic noun phrase: 'family' (a scientific grouping) combined with the proper name 'Gempylidae' yields the meaning directly (the taxonomic family called Gempylidae). Taxonomic constructions of this form are cross-linguistically regular and fully compositional, so a learner who knows both constituents would understand the phrase.

Etymology

Family Gempylidae is the scientific name for a group of long, thin sea fish that hunt other animals. Because these fish look like snakes with sharp teeth and live deep in the ocean, people call them 'snake mackerels', and the family name shows they are related and share that snake-like shape.