Definition of Pomacentridae

1. Noun. Damselfishes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pomacentridae

Polyporus frondosus
Polyporus squamosus
Polyporus tenuiculus
Polyprion
Polyprion americanus
Polysphondylium
Polystichum
Polystichum acrostichoides
Polystichum aculeatum
Polystichum adiantiformis
Polystichum braunii
Polystichum lonchitis
Polystichum scopulinum
Polystichum setiferum
Pomacanthus
Pomacentridae (current term)
Pomacentrus
Pomacentrus leucostictus
Pomaderris
Pomaderris apetala
Pomatomidae
Pomatomus
Pomatomus saltatrix
Pomerania
Pomeranian
Pomeranians
Pomeroy
Pomeroy's operation
Pommyland
Pomo

Literary usage of Pomacentridae

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

1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"An air bladder, but no air duct. The stomach has a cul-de-sac, and the pylorus a few appendages. SYN.—Pomacentridae ..."

2. ... Arrangement of the Families of Mammals. With Analytical Tables by Theodore Gill (1874)
"... Gthr. iv, Labridae Pomacentridae Cichlidae Embiotocidae Gerridae ... Labridae, Gthr. iv, 65,69-208, 240-243. Pomacentridae, Gthr. iv, 2-64. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"... does not belong to Chaetodontidae, nor Priscacara to the Pomacentridae, nor Platax to the Carangidae. ..."

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