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xenocongrid

xenocongrid noun: any eel from the family Xenocongridae, the false morays (chlopsids).

Noun

xenocongrid (plural xenocongrids)

  1. Any eel from the family Xenocongridae, the false morays (chlopsids).
    • The vomerine dentition in a single median series distinguishes it from these and all other xenocongrids […]1939, Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, numbers 373-436
    • The posterior nostril in xenocongrids lies immediately before the center of the eye, on the outside of the upper lip, or inside the confines of the mouth; in the muraenids, it nearly always lies above the eye.1993, James E. Böhlke, Charles C. G. Chaplin, Fishes of the Bahamas and Adjacent Tropical Waters, page 70

Forms of xenocongrid

pluralxenocongrids

Questions about xenocongrid

What does xenocongrid mean?
Xenocongrid means any eel from the family Xenocongridae, the false morays (chlopsids).
What part of speech is xenocongrid?
Xenocongrid is a noun.
What is the plural of xenocongrid?
The plural of xenocongrid is xenocongrids.

Words near xenocongrid in the dictionary

  1. xenocide
  2. xenocides
  3. xenoclast
  4. xenoclasts
  5. xenoclitic
  6. xenocongrid
  7. xenocongrids
  8. xenocontamination
  9. xenocoumacin
  10. xenocoumacins
  11. xenocracy

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