Translingual

Proper noun

Osteoglossiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii – freshwater fish with bony tongues, native to much of the southern hemisphere.

Hypernyms

• (order): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Osteoglossomorpha - superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Osteoglossoidei, Notopteroidei - suborders
  • Arapaimidae, Pantodontidae, Osteoglossidae, †Singidididae - families in Osteoglossoidei
  • Gymnarchidae, Mormyridae, Notopteridae, †Ostariostomidae, †Lycopteridae - families in Notopteroidei