family Agavaceae
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～ chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
family Adiantaceae
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～ used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
family Characidae
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～ tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America
family
— Noun
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～ a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"
family Alliaceae
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～ one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium
family Alcidae
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～ web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
family Argonautidae
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～ represented solely by the genus Argonauta
family Centropomidae
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～ a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos
family Carcharhinidae
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～ largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks
family Anacardiaceae
— Noun
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～ the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac