əˈrīəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Arius, type genus (probably from Greek areios warlike, devoted to Ares, from Arēs Ares, god of war) + -idae
: a family of marine fishes (order Ostariophysi) comprising the sea catfishes and usually having a bony buckler from the skull to the dorsal spine — compare crucifix fish