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osmerid

osmerid noun: any fish of the family Osmeridae, a smelt.

osmerid: any fish of the family Osmeridae, a smelt
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Noun

osmerid (plural osmerids)

  1. Any fish of the family Osmeridae, a smelt.
    • Getting back to feeding, we found it convenient at Point Mugu to use two forms of fish: the smaller osmerids for training purposes (they are cleaner than cut fish), and mackerel.1966, Kenneth Stafford Norris, Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises, page 663
    • She proved the independence of the evolutionary development of osmerids and plecoglossids which form an independent suborder and clearly outlined main traits of similarity and difference of the Salmonoidei and the osmerids.1997, Journal of Ichthyology, volume 37, page 207
    Synonyms:
    smelt

Synonyms of osmerid

Forms of osmerid

pluralosmerids

Questions about osmerid

What does osmerid mean?
Osmerid means any fish of the family Osmeridae, a smelt.
What part of speech is osmerid?
Osmerid is a noun.
What is the plural of osmerid?
The plural of osmerid is osmerids.

Words near osmerid in the dictionary

  1. osmates
  2. osmatic
  3. osmazome
  4. Osment
  5. Osments
  6. osmerid
  7. osmerids
  8. osmeriform
  9. osmeteria
  10. osmeterial
  11. osmeterium

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