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Definition of Macruridae
1. Noun. Grenadiers.
Exact synonyms: Family Macrouridae, Family Macruridae, Macrouridae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Gadiformes, Order Gadiformes
Member holonyms: Grenadier, Rattail, Rattail Fish
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Gadiformes, Order Gadiformes
Member holonyms: Grenadier, Rattail, Rattail Fish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macruridae
Literary usage of Macruridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Fins without spines. Nearly all marine. The macruridae are among the most
characteristic fishes of the great depths. The Gadidae include some of the ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1885)
"macruridae) which do not exhibit the combination of characters signalized.
Such fishes have been designated as the families ..."
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