gasterosteiform

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noun

Any fish of the order Gasterosteiformes.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

noungasterosteiform (plural gasterosteiforms)

plural gasterosteiforms

  1. biologyAny fish of the order Gasterosteiformes.

    Dermal plates, which are composed exclusively of bone, are known for representatives of taxa like syngnathiforms, tetraodontiforms and gasterosteiforms.

    2014, Hermann Ehrlich, Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Vertebrates, page 230
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