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triportheid

triportheid noun: any fish of the family Triportheidae.

Noun

triportheid (plural triportheids)

  1. (rare) Any fish of the family Triportheidae.
    • Similar condition was described by Mirande in the triportheids Agoniates Müller & Troschel, Clupeacharax Pearson, and Engraulisoma Castro, where the pelvic bones also articulate.2013 January 2, André Luiz Netto-Ferreira, “A New Miniature Characid (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae), with Phylogenetic Position Inferred from Morphological and Molecular Data”, in PLOS ONE

Forms of triportheid

pluraltriportheids

Questions about triportheid

What does triportheid mean?
Triportheid means any fish of the family Triportheidae.
What part of speech is triportheid?
Triportheid is a noun.
What is the plural of triportheid?
The plural of triportheid is triportheids.

Words near triportheid in the dictionary

  1. tripolyphosphate
  2. tripolyphosphates
  3. tripomastigote
  4. tripomastigotes
  5. triporate
  6. triportheid
  7. triportheids
  8. tripos
  9. triposes
  10. tripotassium
  11. tripotency

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