Gempylid
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any fish of the escolar family, Gempylidae.
"He also placed Lepidocybium Gill 1862 as the sister group of all the other gempylids and trichiurids."
- 2 snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide wordnet
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More examples"He also placed Lepidocybium Gill 1862 as the sister group of all the other gempylids and trichiurids."
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