Beryciform

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any fish of the order Beryciformes.

    "Here, cold water rises from the depths, sometimes bringing with it deep-dwelling oddities such as the big-eyed beryciforms: shiny slimeheads and fangteeth."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes not-comparable

Example

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"Here, cold water rises from the depths, sometimes bringing with it deep-dwelling oddities such as the big-eyed beryciforms: shiny slimeheads and fangteeth."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βήρυκος (bḗrukos) (genitive of βῆρυξ (bêrux, “fish”)) + -iform.

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