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muraenids

muraenids is the plural of muraenid.

Meaning of muraenid

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

Questions about muraenids

What is muraenids the plural of?
Muraenids is the plural of muraenid.

Words near muraenids in the dictionary

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

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