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Definition of Anguilliformes
1. Noun. Elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced.
Exact synonyms: Order Anguilliformes, Order Apodes
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Malacopterygii, Superorder Malacopterygii
Member holonyms: Eel, Anguillidae, Family Anguillidae, Family Muraenidae, Muraenidae, Congridae, Family Congridae
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Malacopterygii, Superorder Malacopterygii
Member holonyms: Eel, Anguillidae, Family Anguillidae, Family Muraenidae, Muraenidae, Congridae, Family Congridae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anguilliformes
Literary usage of Anguilliformes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"This order may be considered as forming but a single natural family, that of the
anguilliformes. Fishes' with an elongated form, a thick and soft skin which ..."
2. Oeuvres de Vicq-d'Azyr, recueillies et publiées avec des notes et un by Vicq-d'Azyr (Félix) (1805)
"Muscles des poissons anguilliformes. Les muscles des poissons anguilliformes sont
moins nombreux que ceux des cartilagineux, et ils le sont plus que ceux ..."
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