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Definition of Family Amiidae
1. Noun. Only the bowfins.
Exact synonyms: Amiidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Ganoidei, Order Ganoidei
Member holonyms: Amia, Genus Amia
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Ganoidei, Order Ganoidei
Member holonyms: Amia, Genus Amia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Amiidae
Literary usage of Family Amiidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of the Pleistocene Or Glacial Period: As Recorded in the Deposits by Frank Collins Baker (1920)
"... DIPTERA VERTEBRATA CLASS PISCES family Amiidae Amia calva Linn. FAMILY SILURIDAE
Fragments of undetermined species FAMILY CENTRARCHIDAE Lepomis species ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"Even the members of the more advanced family Amiidae, with well developed vertebrae,
have scapulae and ..."