FISTULARIIDAE


Meaning of FISTULARIIDAE in English

ˌfis(h)chələˈrīəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Fistularia, type genus (from Latin fistula + New Latin -aria ) + -idae

: a family (type genus Fistularia ) of hemibranchiate fishes of warm seas that have the head prolonged into a tube with the mouth terminal, that are otherwise structurally similar to the sticklebacks, and that comprise the cornetfishes

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