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stomiiform

stomiiform adjective: of or from the order Stomiiformes of ray-finned fish.

Adjective

stomiiform (not comparable)

  1. Of or from the order Stomiiformes of ray-finned fish.

Noun

stomiiform (plural stomiiforms)

  1. A fish of this order.
    • Rosen (1973) separated the stomiiforms (= Stomiatoidei) from other protacanthopterygian groups, placing them as the sister-group of all other neoteleosts (Eurypterygii).1996, Antony S. Harold, “Interrelationships of Stomiiform Fishes”, in Melanie L.J. Stiassny, editor, Interrelationships of Fishes, page 333

Forms of stomiiform

pluralstomiiforms

Questions about stomiiform

What does stomiiform mean?
Stomiiform means of or from the order Stomiiformes of ray-finned fish.
What part of speech is stomiiform?
Stomiiform can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near stomiiform in the dictionary

  1. stomiatoid
  2. stomick
  3. stomicks
  4. stomiid
  5. stomiids
  6. stomiiform
  7. stomiiforms
  8. stomium
  9. stommie
  10. stommies
  11. stommy

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