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plecoglossids

plecoglossids is the plural of plecoglossid.

Meaning of plecoglossid

Noun

plecoglossid (plural plecoglossids)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    ayu, sweetfish

Questions about plecoglossids

What is plecoglossids the plural of?
Plecoglossids is the plural of plecoglossid.

Words near plecoglossids in the dictionary

  1. pleckstrin
  2. pleco
  3. pleco fish
  4. pleco fishes
  5. plecoglossid
  6. plecoglossids
  7. plecomacrolide
  8. plecomacrolides
  9. pleconaril
  10. plecopteran
  11. plecopterans

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