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anabantoids

anabantoids is the plural of anabantoid.

Meaning of anabantoid

Noun

anabantoid (plural anabantoids)

  1. A fish of the suborder Anabantoidei, a labyrinth fish.
    • The anabantoids are called ”labyrinth fishes” because every species in the entire suborder possesses paired suprabranchial chambers that function for air breathing (Das, 1927; Bader, 1937; Peters, 1978)[…]Early discussions of the form and possible function of the anabantoid labyrinth organ are...1997, Jeffrey B. Graham, Air-Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation, page 54

Questions about anabantoids

What is anabantoids the plural of?
Anabantoids is the plural of anabantoid.

Words near anabantoids in the dictionary

  1. anabantid
  2. anabantids
  3. anabantiform
  4. anabantiforms
  5. anabantoid
  6. anabantoids
  7. anabaptise
  8. anabaptised
  9. anabaptises
  10. anabaptising
  11. Anabaptism

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