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Definition of Family Anguillidae
1. Noun. Eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn.
Exact synonyms: Anguillidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Anguilliformes, Order Anguilliformes, Order Apodes
Member holonyms: Anguilla, Genus Anguilla
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Anguilliformes, Order Anguilliformes, Order Apodes
Member holonyms: Anguilla, Genus Anguilla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Anguillidae
Literary usage of Family Anguillidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"Besides these representatives of the family Anguillidae, the writer has found
two species which present most of the characters of ..."
2. Performance Standards for Safely Conducting Research with Genetically ...edited by Walter A. Hill edited by Walter A. Hill (1998)
"... refers to the life history pattern of fishes which spend most of their life
in fresh water but spawn in salt water (eg, eels of the family Anguillidae). ..."
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