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(zoology) Any eel from the family Xenocongridae, the false morays (chlopsids)..
The vomerine dentition in a single median series distinguishes it from these and all other xenocongrids […]
The posterior nostril in xenocongrids lies immediately before the center of the eye, on the outside of the upper lip, or inside the confines of the mouth; in the muraenids, it nearly always lies above the eye.
Use xenocongrid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Xenocongrid means (zoology) Any eel from the family Xenocongridae, the false morays (chlopsids)..
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The vomerine dentition in a single median series distinguishes it from these and all other xenocongrids […]
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