Osteoglossidae

noun

a family of large fishes that live in freshwater; includes bandfish and bonytongues

• Syn: ↑family Osteoglossidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Osteoglossiformes, ↑Order Osteoglossiformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑Scleropages, ↑genus Scleropages

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgläsəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of very large tropical freshwater fishes (suborder Osteoglossoidea) consisting of the pirarucu and related forms and having the head naked and largely encased in bone and the scales large, bony, and composed of pieces resembling mosaic

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Osteoglossidae /-glosˈi-dē/ plural noun

(Gr glōssa tongue) a family of bony fishes, including the arapaima

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Main Entry: ↑osteo-