Definition of Callionymidae

1. Noun. Dragonets.

Exact synonyms: Family Callionymidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Dragonet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Callionymidae

Calkins' sign
Call-Exner bodies
Calla
Calla palustris
Callaghan
Callahan's method
Callander's amputation
Callas
Callicebus
Callie
Callimorpha
Callimorpha jacobeae
Callinectes
Callinectes sapidus
Callinus
Callionymidae (current term)
Calliope
Calliopean
Calliophis
Calliphora
Calliphora vicina
Calliphoridae
Callippic
Callirhoe
Callirhoe digitata
Callirhoe involucrata
Callirhoe triangulata
Callirrhoë
Callisaurus
Callisaurus draconoides

Literary usage of Callionymidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"JORDAN, DS and FOWLER, HW A Review of the Dragonets (Callionymidae) and Related Fishes of the Waters of Japan. Proc. ..."

2. Contributions from the Bermuda Biological Station for Research by Bermuda Biological Station for Research (1904)
"... of the Bermuda Natural History Society, that one specimen had been taken during the spring in Hamilton Harbor. Callionymidae. ..."

3. A List of Works on North American Fungi by William Gilson Farlow, William Trelease (1888)
"A list of American species of Gobiidae and Callionymidae, with notes on the specimens contained in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. ..."

4. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"The Callionymidae include the Dragonets, fishes with a rather i)rao-0- small and protractile mouth, a narrow gill opening, and a scaleless nets. skin. ..."

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