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Boraginaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceae) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Botfly
noun · 78% connection
A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Chromid
noun · 78% connection
One of the Chromidae, a family of fresh-water fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa. Some are valuable food fish…
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Chub
noun · 78% connection
A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Daddy longlegs
unknown · 78% connection
A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slende…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Embiotocoid
noun · 78% connection
One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidae) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Gadoid
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadidae) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Garfish
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Grasshopper
noun · 78% connection
Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididae and Locustidae. The species and genera are very numerous. The former famil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Hake
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Kingfisher
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving a…
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Lant
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Loris
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of small lemurs of the genus Stenops. They have long, slender limbs and large eyes, and are arboreal in the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Megatheroid
noun · 78% connection
One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Octodont
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the Octodontidae, a family of rodents which includes the coypu, and many other South American species.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Parrot
noun · 78% connection
Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Pharyngognathi
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones are united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.
Polyneme
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemidae. They have several slender filaments, often very long, b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, ophidiidae, family, fishes, includes.