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Definition of Scombresocidae
1. Noun. Only sauries.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Synentognathi, Synentognathi
Member holonyms: Genus Scomberesox, Genus Scombresox, Scomberesox, Scombresox
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scombresocidae
Literary usage of Scombresocidae
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 (1906)
"It is also said that the fin is occasionally submerged during flight and aids in
changing the direction of the fish. Nearly all of the scombresocidae, ..."
2. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... scombresocidae, Mugilidae, and Siluridae, or forms closely allied to them,
are found in the Cretaceous formation. In the Eocene beds we first meet with ..."
3. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"scombresocidae. Premaxilla and maxilla farming margin of upper jaw. Pectoral juis
sometimes much enlarged, wing.like ; pelvic fins abdominal; ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"Basis cranii double in front, but without muscular tube. The only family of this
order, the scombresocidae, ..."
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