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cynoglossid

cynoglossid noun: any species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae.

cynoglossid: any species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae
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Noun

cynoglossid (plural cynoglossids)

  1. Any species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae.
    • Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur in shallower muddy areas.1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries, page 106
    • Cynoglossids are elongate and oval in profile, with eyes on left side of head, pectoral fins absent or represented by a membrane, and dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin.2006, John D. McEachran, Janice D. Fechhelm, Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, volume 2, Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes, page 872
    Synonyms:
    tonguefish

Synonyms of cynoglossid

Forms of cynoglossid

pluralcynoglossids

Questions about cynoglossid

What does cynoglossid mean?
Cynoglossid means any species of the tonguefish family Cynoglossidae.
What part of speech is cynoglossid?
Cynoglossid is a noun.
What is the plural of cynoglossid?
The plural of cynoglossid is cynoglossids.

Words near cynoglossid in the dictionary

  1. cynodontians
  2. cynodontid
  3. cynodontids
  4. cynodontin
  5. cynodonts
  6. cynoglossid
  7. cynoglossids
  8. cynognathid
  9. cynognathids
  10. cynolatry
  11. cynological

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