family hemiramphidae

English Thesaurus

1. halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish family,
definition	:	any of various families of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	halfbeak,
definition	:	tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	order synentognathi, synentognathi,
definition	:	order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks (noun.animal)