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Definition of Order synentognathi
1. Noun. Order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Subclass Teleostei, Teleostei
Member holonyms: Belonidae, Family Belonidae, Exocoetidae, Family Exocoetidae, Family Hemiramphidae, Hemiramphidae, Family Scomberesocidae, Family Scombresocidae, Scomberesocidae, Scombresocidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Synentognathi
Literary usage of Order synentognathi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Eugene Willis Gudger, American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Wilbur Henn (1917)
"... The classification of the teleostean fishes of the order Synentognathi. Ann.
Mag. Nat. Hist., 1911, 8. ser. 7. 327-335. pi. & 4 figs. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"The physiognomy brings it into relation with this order. Synentognathi. Mouth bounded
by the premaxillary only ; parietal bone very much ..."
3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"The physiognomy brings it into relation with this order. Synentognathi. Mouth bounded
by the premaxillary only; parietal bone very much reduced ..."
4. Popular Zoology by Joel Dorman Steele, John Whipple Potter Jenks (1887)
"order synentognathi (sin en to nfi'thl). The Flying-fish has large pectoral fins,
by which it can support itself in the air for a few seconds. ..."
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