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Definition of Synentognathi
1. Noun. Order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Subclass Teleostei, Teleostei
Member holonyms: Belonidae, Family Belonidae, Exocoetidae, Family Exocoetidae, Family Hemiramphidae, Hemiramphidae, Family Scomberesocidae, Family Scombresocidae, Scomberesocidae, Scombresocidae
Definition of Synentognathi
1. n. pl. An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Synentognathi
Literary usage of Synentognathi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"CHAPTER XI ACANTHOPTERYGII ; Synentognathi RDER Acanthopterygii, the Spiny-rayed
Fishes. — The most of the remaining bony fishes constitute a natural group ..."
2. Classification of the Collection to Illustrate the Animal Resources of the by George Brown Goode (1876)
"Synentognathi. (Gar-fish, flying-fish.) Useful products: Food : Fresh. D. l.
Salted, smoked, (gar-fish, flying-fish.) 1. ..."
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