plecoglossid
plecoglossid noun: any fish of the family Plecoglossidae (sometimes regarded as a subfamily, Plecoglossinae in Osmeridae); the ayu or sweetfish.
Noun
plecoglossid (plural plecoglossids)
- Any fish of the family Plecoglossidae (sometimes regarded as a subfamily, Plecoglossinae in Osmeridae); the ayu or sweetfish.
- Furthermore, the antibody to sPRL reacted only with PRL cells in the pituitaries of three species of salmonids, a plecoglossid, eel, carp, goldfish, killifish, tilapia, and five species of marine fishes, […] .1984, Excerpta Medica, Section 3: Endocrinology, Volume 51, page 251
- Iwai & Rosenthal (1981), and Watanabe (1984b) have observed ciliated cells and cilia movement that aid in the transport of food in the alimentary canals of some plecoglossid, osmerid, clupeid, and salangid larvae.1986, Southwest Fisheries Center (U.S.), Collected Reprints, Issue 1, page 370
Synonyms of plecoglossid
Forms of plecoglossid
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Questions about plecoglossid
- What does plecoglossid mean?
- Plecoglossid means any fish of the family Plecoglossidae (sometimes regarded as a subfamily, Plecoglossinae in Osmeridae); the ayu or sweetfish.
- What part of speech is plecoglossid?
- Plecoglossid is a noun.
- What is the plural of plecoglossid?
- The plural of plecoglossid is plecoglossids.
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