Bonytongue
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any in the family Osteoglossidae of large freshwater fishes or its parent groupings, suborder Osteoglossoidei and order Osteoglossiformes.
"They tell us that the fresh waters at Hainin must have been substantial, for they included the remains of a large predatorial fish known as a bonytongue, or saratoga."
Example
More examples"They tell us that the fresh waters at Hainin must have been substantial, for they included the remains of a large predatorial fish known as a bonytongue, or saratoga."
Etymology
bony + tongue, in reference to a toothed bone on the floor of the mouth.
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