ˌäfəsə̇ˈfaləˌdē, ˌōf- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Ophicephalus, type genus (from ophi- + -cephalus ) + -idae — more at -cephalic
: a family of elongated cylindrical carnivorous labyrinth fishes comprising the snakehead mullets of eastern Asia and Africa and usually made coextensive with a suborder of Percomorphi