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