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Definition of Esocidae
1. Noun. Pikes; pickerels; muskellunges.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Perciformes, Order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi
Member holonyms: Esox, Genus Esox
Medical Definition of Esocidae
1. A family of freshwater fish of the order salmoniformes, comprising the pikes, inhabiting the waters of the northern hemisphere. There is one genus, esox, with three species: one in eastern north america, one in siberia, one in the circumpolar region. Esox is from the greek isox, a fish, itself of celtic origin. (nelson, fishes of the world, 1976, p94) (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esocidae
Literary usage of Esocidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of British Fossils: Comprising the Genera and Species Hitherto by John Morris (1854)
"esocidae. Ex. Pike. Fam. 8. Mormyridae. Ex. Mormyrus. Fam. 9. Cyprinodontidae.
Ex. Umber. Fam. 10. ... Scomber-esocidae. Ex. Saury-Pike. Suborder 2. ..."
2. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature. by William Clowes and Sons (1884)
"Body covered with scales, those developed along each side of the belly keeled or
carinate; upper jaw-bones constituted as in the esocidae ; the lower ..."
3. Handbook of the Marine and Freshwater Fishes of the British Islands by William Saville Kent (1883)
"156, and some half-a-dozen exotic species, all inhabitants of fresh water, is
alone comprised in the family esocidae. The above-named well-known British ..."
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