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Macrorhamphosidae

noun

bellows fishes

• Syn: ↑family Macrorhamphosidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Solenichthyes, ↑order Solenichthyes

• Member Meronyms: ↑snipefish, ↑bellows fish

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\\ˌmakrōˌramˈfōsəˌdē, -ōzə-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Macrorhamphosus, type genus + -idae

: a family of long-snouted fishes (order Solenichthyes) consisting of the bellows fishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.