Mormyroid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mormyroid is a noun meaning Any freshwater elephantfish (family Mormyridae).
Meaning
Any freshwater elephantfish (family Mormyridae).
Example Sentences
The simple anacrosomal aquasperm of the notopteroid Papyocranus afer, the African Knife Fish, appears to be a plesiomorph condition, contrasting with the apomorphic, aflagellate sperm of mormyroids, but does not in itself necessitate exclusion of the mormyroids form the Notopteroidea in which Greenwood (1973) placed them.
Word Forms
- mormyroids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mormyrid, mormyrin, elephantfish, oxyrhynchus, moonfish, mormyromast.
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