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otophysian

otophysian is the alternative form of otophysan.

Meaning of otophysan

Noun

otophysan (plural otophysans)

  1. Any of the fish of the Otophysi series within the Ostariophysi superorder, also known as the Otophysa in some classifications.
    • For soniferous otophysans, decreased auditory sensitivity is particularly harmful because it may reduce the capacity to detect acoustic signals from conspecifics.2015 September 24, “Stress and Auditory Responses of the Otophysan Fish, Cyprinella venusta, to Road Traffic Noise”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of otophysian

pluralotophysians

Questions about otophysian

What is otophysian the alternative form of?
Otophysian is the alternative form of otophysan.

Words near otophysian in the dictionary

  1. otopheidomenids
  2. otophylloside
  3. otophyma
  4. otophysan
  5. otophysans
  6. otophysian
  7. otophysians
  8. otophysic
  9. otophysine
  10. otophysines
  11. otoplasties

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