soft-finned

  • 91superorder Malacopterygii — noun an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays • Syn: ↑Malacopterygii • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Teleostei, ↑subclass Teleostei • Me …

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  • 92Synodontidae — noun soft finned bottom dwelling fishes • Syn: ↑family Synodontidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Malacopterygii, ↑superorder Malacopterygii • Member Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 93Tarpon atlanticus — noun large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida • Syn: ↑tarpon • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑ladyfish, ↑tenpounder, ↑ …

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  • 94wolffish — noun 1. large ferocious northern deep sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins • Syn: ↑wolf fish, ↑catfish • Hypernyms: ↑blennioid fish, ↑blennioid • Member Holonyms: ↑Anarhichas, ↑ …

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  • 95gymnarchus — jimˈnärkəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from gymn + Greek archos anus; from the absence of anal fins : a monotypic genus (the type of the family Gymnarchidae) that contains a soft finned African river fish having …

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  • 96salmonoidea — ˌsalməˈnȯidēə noun plural Etymology: New Latin, from Salmon , Salmo + oidea or oidei : a suborder of soft finned fishes (order Isospondyli) that includes the salmons and trouts and numerous other forms (as the graylings, smelts, and capelins)… …

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  • 97subbrachiales — ˌsəbˌbrakēˈā(ˌ)lēz noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from plural of subbrachialis subbrachial in some especially former classifications : a division of soft finned fishes having the ventral fins beneath or nearly beneath the… …

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  • 98apodes — I. ˈapəˌdēz noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, masculine & feminine plural of apod , apous footless 1. : a group of soft finned, elongated, and …

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  • 99cy|prin|o|dont — «sih PRIHN uh dont, PRY nuh », noun. any one of a group of small, soft finned fishes, mostly inhabiting fresh or brackish water, and including the killifishes and certain minnows. ╂[< New Latin Cyprinodon the typical genus < Greek kyprînos… …

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  • 100gren´a|dier´ly — gren|a|dier «GREHN uh DIHR», noun. 1. (originally) a soldier who threw grenades. Soldiers of long service and acknowledged bravery were selected as grenadiers. 2. (later) a member of a specially chosen unit of foot soldiers, especially a member… …

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