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Fistulariidae

noun

cornetfishes

• Syn: ↑family Fistulariidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Solenichthyes, ↑order Solenichthyes

• Member Meronyms: ↑Fistularia, ↑genus Fistularia

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\\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

Useful english dictionary. 2012.