Definition of Ostraciidae

1. Noun. Boxfishes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostraciidae

Ossian
Ossianic
Ostariophysi
Osteichthyes
Ostend
Ostender
Ostenders
Osteostraci
Ostia
Ostia Antica
Ostian
Ostians
Ostic
Ostman
Ostmen
Ostraciidae
Ostrava
Ostrea gigas
Ostreidae
Ostrobothnia
Ostrobothnian
Ostrobothnians
Ostrogoth
Ostrogothic
Ostrogoths
Ostrya
Ostrya carpinifolia
Ostrya virginiana
Ostryopsis

Literary usage of Ostraciidae

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

1. Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo Group; Paleocene) of by Albert E. Sanders (1998)
"... of rows of moderately large papillae. Between these rows of large papillae are fields of much smaller papillae. In contrast, the ostraciidae lack spines ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"Charles B. Hudson, and deserve especial commendation for their accuracy and neatness. 5. The Balistidae and ostraciidae. Twenty-four species are described, ..."

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