ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷thəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Priacanthus, type genus + -idae
: a family of small usually red or rose-colored carnivorous percoid fishes of tropical seas having the body short and covered with rough scales, the eyes large, and the mouth very oblique