Gonorhynchus

Gonorhynchus
noun
slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth
Syn: ↑genus Gonorhynchus
Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Gonorhynchidae, ↑family Gonorhynchidae
Member Meronyms: ↑beaked salmon, ↑sandfish, ↑Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus

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\\ˌgänəˈriŋkəs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from goni- + -rhynchus
: a genus of slender cylindrical marine fishes without adipose fin, air bladder, or teeth that constitutes a family (Gonorhynchidae) and is the sole surviving representative of a distinct suborder of the order Isospondyli

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