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muraenid

muraenid noun: any eel in the family Muraenidae.

Noun

muraenid (plural muraenids)

  1. Any eel in the family Muraenidae.
    • The posterior nostril in xenocongrids lies immediately before the center of the eye, on the outside of the upper lip, or inside the confines of the mouth; in the muraenids, it nearly always lies above the eye.1993, James E. Böhlke, Charles C. G. Chaplin, Fishes of the Bahamas and Adjacent Tropical Waters, page 70

Forms of muraenid

pluralmuraenids

Questions about muraenid

What does muraenid mean?
Muraenid means any eel in the family Muraenidae.
What part of speech is muraenid?
Muraenid is a noun.
What is the plural of muraenid?
The plural of muraenid is muraenids.

Words near muraenid in the dictionary

  1. Muradyan
  2. Muradyans
  3. muraena
  4. muraenesocid
  5. muraenesocids
  6. muraenid
  7. muraenids
  8. muraenoid
  9. muraenoids
  10. muraenolepidid
  11. muraenolepidids

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