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Definition of Polyodontidae
1. Noun. Paddlefishes.
Exact synonyms: Family Polyodontidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Ganoidei, Order Ganoidei
Member holonyms: Genus Polyodon, Polyodon, Genus Psephurus, Psephurus
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Ganoidei, Order Ganoidei
Member holonyms: Genus Polyodon, Polyodon, Genus Psephurus, Psephurus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyodontidae
Literary usage of Polyodontidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Barbels are absent in the Polyodontidae, In the Polyodontidae, represented by
one species, the paddle- fish or spoon-bill (Polyodon folium), ..."
2. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"Polyodontidae. Paddle-fishes. Snout very long and spa.tulate. Parietal and frontal
bones paired. Mouth large, with minute teeth in both jaws; ..."
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