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acanthomorph

acanthomorph noun: any of the fish of the 14,000 species in the clade Acanthomorpha in infraclass Teleostei.

Noun

acanthomorph (plural acanthomorphs)

  1. Any of the fish of the 14,000 species in the clade Acanthomorpha in infraclass Teleostei
    • Most rarely, Cretaceous and Tertiary phyllodont remains are related to the modern acanthomorph family Labridae (Labrodon).2015 December 17, “A Fish Assemblage from the Middle Eocene from Libya (Dur At-Talah) and the Earliest Record of Modern African Fish Genera”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of acanthomorph

pluralacanthomorphs

Questions about acanthomorph

What does acanthomorph mean?
Acanthomorph means any of the fish of the 14,000 species in the clade Acanthomorpha in infraclass Teleostei.
What part of speech is acanthomorph?
Acanthomorph is a noun.
What is the plural of acanthomorph?
The plural of acanthomorph is acanthomorphs.

Words near acanthomorph in the dictionary

  1. acanthomas
  2. acanthomata
  3. acanthomatous
  4. acanthometrid
  5. acanthometrids
  6. acanthomorph
  7. acanthomorphs
  8. acanthonotozomatid
  9. acanthonotozomatids
  10. acanthopelvis
  11. acanthophorous

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