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schizothoracine

schizothoracine noun: any cyprinid fish of the genus Schizothorax (snow carps, snowtrouts, and marinkas).

Noun

schizothoracine (plural schizothoracines)

  1. Any cyprinid fish of the genus Schizothorax (snow carps, snowtrouts, and marinkas).
    • Studies of fossil schizothoracine fishes from the Kunlun Pass Basin indicated that the East Kunlun Mountain had not yet become a prominent biological barrier in the early Pliocene [57 ].2015 December 15, “Into Tibet: An Early Pliocene Dispersal of Fossil Zokor (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from Mongolian Plateau to the Hinterland of Tibetan Plateau”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of schizothoracine

pluralschizothoracines

Questions about schizothoracine

What does schizothoracine mean?
Schizothoracine means any cyprinid fish of the genus Schizothorax (snow carps, snowtrouts, and marinkas).
What part of speech is schizothoracine?
Schizothoracine is a noun.
What is the plural of schizothoracine?
The plural of schizothoracine is schizothoracines.

Words near schizothoracine in the dictionary

  1. schizotaxia
  2. schizotext
  3. schizotexts
  4. schizothecal
  5. schizothoracin
  6. schizothoracine
  7. schizothoracines
  8. schizothoracins
  9. schizothymia
  10. schizothymiac
  11. schizothymiacs

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