Trichodontidae

plural noun

Trich·​odon·​ti·​dae

: a family of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed percoid fishes comprising the sandfishes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Trichodont-, Trichodon, type genus (from trich- + -odont-, -odon) + -idae

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