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Definition of Family Balistidae
1. Noun. Triggerfishes.
Exact synonyms: Balistidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Plectognathi, Order Tetraodontiformes, Plectognathi
Member holonyms: Triggerfish, Balistes, Genus Balistes, Filefish
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Plectognathi, Order Tetraodontiformes, Plectognathi
Member holonyms: Triggerfish, Balistes, Genus Balistes, Filefish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Balistidae
Literary usage of Family Balistidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1855)
"Family BALISTIDAE, Bona p. The body is compressed, rather short and deep, covered
with either large or ..."
2. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"In the File-fishes (family Balistidae) the teeth remain separate and have the
form of incisors. There is a spinous dorsal fin; the pelvic fins are absent, ..."
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