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Trichodontidae

noun

two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud

• Syn: ↑family Trichodontidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi

• Member Meronyms: ↑sandfish

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdäntəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Trichodont-, Trichodon, type genus (from trich- + -odont-, -odon) + -idae

: a family of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed percoid fishes comprising the sandfishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.