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beryciform

beryciform adjective: belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes.

Adjective

beryciform (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes

Noun

beryciform (plural beryciforms)

  1. Any fish of the order Beryciformes.
    • Here, cold water rises from the depths, sometimes bringing with it deep-dwelling oddities such as the big-eyed beryciforms: shiny slimeheads and fangteeth.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 83

Forms of beryciform

pluralberyciforms

Origin of beryciform

From Ancient Greek βῆρυξ (bêrux, “fish”) + -iform.

Questions about beryciform

What does beryciform mean?
Beryciform means belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes.
What part of speech is beryciform?
Beryciform can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near beryciform in the dictionary

  1. Berwick-upon-Tweed
  2. Berwickshire
  3. Berwyn
  4. berycid
  5. berycids
  6. beryciform
  7. beryciforms
  8. berycoid
  9. beryl
  10. beryl-spangled tanager
  11. beryl-spangled tanagers

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