Mormyrin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mormyrin is a noun meaning Any elephantfish of the subfamily Mormyrinae.
Meaning
Any elephantfish of the subfamily Mormyrinae.
Example Sentences
Several morphological characters readily distinguish Petrocephalus and the mormyrin genera, such as the presence of two closely apposed nostrils (versus non closely apposed in mormyrins) and the absence of the basisphenoid bone (versus presence in mormyrins; Taverne 1972).
Word Forms
- mormyrins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mormyroid, mormyrid, elephantfish, oxyrhynchus, mormyromast, megalomycterid.
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