Definition of Family Amiidae

1. Noun. Only the bowfins.

Exact synonyms: Amiidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Ganoidei, Order Ganoidei
Member holonyms: Amia, Genus Amia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Amiidae

family Alcedinidae
family Alcidae
family Aleyrodidae
family Alismataceae
family Alliaceae
family Alligatoridae
family Allioniaceae
family Aloeaceae
family Alopiidae
family Alstroemeriaceae
family Amaranthaceae
family Amaryllidaceae
family Ambrosiaceae
family Ambystomatidae
family Ameiuridae
family Amiidae (current term)
family Ammodytidae
family Amphioxidae
family Amphisbaenidae
family Amphiumidae
family Amygdalaceae
family Anabantidae
family Anacardiaceae
family Anarhichadidae
family Anatidae
family Ancylidae
family Ancylostomatidae
family Andrenidae
family Anguidae
family Anguillidae

Literary usage of Family Amiidae

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

1. The Life of the Pleistocene Or Glacial Period: As Recorded in the Deposits by Frank Collins Baker (1920)
"... DIPTERA VERTEBRATA CLASS PISCES family Amiidae Amia calva Linn. FAMILY SILURIDAE Fragments of undetermined species FAMILY CENTRARCHIDAE Lepomis species ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"Even the members of the more advanced family Amiidae, with well developed vertebrae, have scapulae and ..."

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