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gasterosteiform

gasterosteiform noun: any fish of the order Gasterosteiformes.

Noun

gasterosteiform (plural gasterosteiforms)

  1. Any fish of the order Gasterosteiformes.
    • Dermal plates, which are composed exclusively of bone, are known for representatives of taxa like syngnathiforms, tetraodontiforms and gasterosteiforms.2014, Hermann Ehrlich, Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Vertebrates, page 230

Forms of gasterosteiform

pluralgasterosteiforms

Questions about gasterosteiform

What does gasterosteiform mean?
Gasterosteiform means any fish of the order Gasterosteiformes.
What part of speech is gasterosteiform?
Gasterosteiform is a noun.
What is the plural of gasterosteiform?
The plural of gasterosteiform is gasterosteiforms.

Words near gasterosteiform in the dictionary

  1. gasteropod
  2. gasteropodous
  3. gasteropods
  4. gasterosteid
  5. gasterosteids
  6. gasterosteiform
  7. gasterosteiforms
  8. gasters
  9. gasteruptiid
  10. gasteruptiids
  11. gasteruptionid

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