Scleroparei

Scleroparei
noun
scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards
• Syn: ↑order Scleroparei
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthopterygii, ↑superorder Acanthopterygii

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\\ˌsklirōpəˈrēˌī, -ler-\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from scler- + Greek pareia cheek
: a large and economically important order of spiny-finned fishes comprising the scorpion fishes, greenlings, sculpins, gurnards, and related forms that are distinguished by a process of the third suborbital plate extending backward to or toward the preopercle — compare mail-cheeked

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  • order Scleroparei — noun scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards • Syn: ↑Scleroparei • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthopterygii, ↑superorder Acanthopterygii …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Dactylopteridae — noun flying gurnards • Syn: ↑family Dactylopteridae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Scleroparei, ↑order Scleroparei • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hexagrammidae — noun greenlings • Syn: ↑family Hexagrammidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Scleroparei, ↑order Scleroparei • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Hialmar Rendahl — est un zoologiste et un artiste suédois, né le 26 décembre 1891 à Jönköping et mort le 2 mai 1969 à Stockholm. Biographie Étudiant à l’université de Stockholm à partir de 1910, il obtint un baccalauréat (filosofie kandidat) en zoologie, botanique …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Acanthopterygii — noun teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays • Syn: ↑superorder Acanthopterygii • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Teleostei, ↑subclass Teleostei • Member Meronyms …   Useful english dictionary

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  • family Agonidae — noun poachers • Syn: ↑Agonidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Scleroparei, ↑order Scleroparei • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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