Lutjanid
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any member of the family Lutjanidae; a snapper.
"Among other families, the lutjanids appear to be gonochoristic throughout life although the population sex ratio as well as the sex ratio at size may frequently be skewed resulting from differential growth and mortality rates among the sexes (Grimes, 1987)."
Example
More examples"Among other families, the lutjanids appear to be gonochoristic throughout life although the population sex ratio as well as the sex ratio at size may frequently be skewed resulting from differential growth and mortality rates among the sexes (Grimes, 1987)."
Etymology
From translingual Lutjanus + -id.