Definition of Carangoid

1. a. Belonging to the Carangidæ, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.

Definition of Carangoid

1. Adjective. (zoology) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carangoid

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carangoid

caramellike
caramelly
caramels
caramiphen ethanedisulfonate
caramiphen hydrochloride
caramoussal
caramoussals
caramusa
carancha
caranda
caranda palm
caranday
carangid
carangid fish
carangids
carangoid (current term)
caranna
carannas
caranx
caranxes
carap
carapace
carapaced
carapacelike
carapaces
carapato
carapatos
carapax
carapaxes
caraps

Literary usage of Carangoid

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

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Several carangoid fishes a(e loosely called mackerel, as the yellow mackerel, Caranx chrysos. (See mackerel-scad. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"Furthermore, the following carangoid and percoid fishes have these portions as much abbreviate and elongate, if not more so: ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"In the Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Volume 4, 1908, Jordan and Snyder describe and figure three new carangoid fishes from Formosa. ..."

4. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Charles Rochester Eastman, Eugene Willis Gudger, Arthur Wilbur Henn, American Museum of Natural History (1917)
"Progressive variation in Decap- terus, a genus of carangoid fishes. Science, 1911, ns 34, 217-218. 1911.2 — The aquarium exhibit. Aquarium, October, 1912 ..."

5. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"... and carangoid fishes. It reaches a length of about thirty inches and a weight of ten pounds, its average weight being five or six. ..."

6. A Memorial of George Brown Goode, Together with a Selection of His Papers on by Samuel Pierpont Langley, George Brown Goode, Randolph Iltyd Geare, United States National Museum (1901)
"The memorial was printed separately in the Third Annual Report of the Council, Edinburgh, May, 1883. pp.41-43. 1881. The carangoid Fishes of the United ..."

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