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Pleuronectiform

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pleuronectoidnounRelating to the Pleuronectidae, or flounder family.
placoidnounAny fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks
plagiostomous(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to fish of the former order Plagiostomi, generally corresponding to the sharks, rays, and skates.
dipnoid(zoology) Of, or relating to, lungfishes in the class Dipnoi.
perciformnounSuch a fish.
placoidalAlternative form of placoid. [Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoid fish]
clupeoidnoun(zoology) Any of a group of fish closely related taxonomically to herring.
clupeiformnounAny fish of the order Clupeiformes
placodermian(zoology) Of, or relating to, prehistoric armoured fishes in the paraphyletic class Placodermi.
zeiform(zoology) Of or relating to the taxonomic order Zeiformes of marine ray-finned fishes including the dories.
pisciformnounHaving the shape of a fish.
ichthyofaunisticRelating to the distribution of fish
plagiostomatous(zoology) Alternative form of plagiostomous. [(zoology, obsolete) Of or pertaining to fish of the former order Plagiostomi, generally corresponding to the sharks, rays, and skates.]
fishen(obsolete) Relating to or characteristic of a fish; fishlike
pinnatenoun(botany) Having two rows of branches, lobes, leaflets, or veins arranged on each side of a common axis
preural(ichthyology) Pertaining to vertebra supporting the caudal fin.
beloniformnounOf or pertaining to the order Beloniformes.
etheostomoidnoun(archaic) Any of the fish of Etheostoma and related genera.
torpediniform(zoology) Of or relating to the Torpediniformes.
protacanthopterygiannoun(zoology) Of or from the superorder Protacanthopterygii of ray-finned fish.

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