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grammicolepidids

grammicolepidids is the plural of grammicolepidid.

Meaning of grammicolepidid

Noun

grammicolepidid (plural grammicolepidids)

  1. Any of the family Grammicolepididae of the deep-sea fishes, called tinselfishes.
    • However, the peculiar Grammicolepididae may be rather closely allied to the Oreosomatidae, and the spikes or hooks seen on the sides of some grammicolepidids (see especially Barnard, 1940, p. 11 and plate, on Xenolepidichthys americanus in South Africa) may be the homologues of the "hills" of...1956, Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin, Volume 7, Division of Systematic Biology, Stanford University, page 91
    Synonyms:
    tinselfish

Questions about grammicolepidids

What is grammicolepidids the plural of?
Grammicolepidids is the plural of grammicolepidid.

Words near grammicolepidids in the dictionary

  1. grammers
  2. grammersow
  3. grammersows
  4. grammes
  5. grammicolepidid
  6. grammicolepidids
  7. grammid
  8. grammids
  9. grammie
  10. grammies
  11. gramming

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