Definition of Labrid

1. the wrasse genus of fishes [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Labrid

laboursaving
labourshed
laboursheds
laboursome
labra
labrador
labradorite
labradorites
labradors
labral
labrale inferius
labrale superius
labret
labretifery
labrets
labrid (current term)
labrids
labrish
labrocyte
labroid
labroids
labrose
labrum
labrum acetabulare
labrum articulare
labrum glenoidale
labrums
labrus
labrusca
labryinth

Literary usage of Labrid

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

1. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"... as are all the family, is looked upon as too small for the market."— RR Com., pp. 27-30. labrid/E. The most important of this group is the blue groper ..."

2. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1882)
"... chiefly naked labrid^, 95. ... Dorsal spines 17 or more; anterior teeth canine-like. labrid.F. 95. JIM. ..."

3. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1883)
"Upper jaw with posterior canines labrid.S:, 95. mm. Upper jaw without posterior canines. ... labrid.E, 95. Hit. Anal spines 6 CICHLID.K, 94. EE. ..."

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