ˌäfəˈdīəˌdē, ˌōf- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Ophidion, type genus (from Latin ophidion, fish resembling the conger, from Greek, diminutive of ophis ) + -idae
: a family of elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes comprising the cusk eels and with related forms constituting a suborder of Percomorphi