Zeomorphi

plural noun

Zeo·​mor·​phi

: a small order of marine bony fishes that in some respects are intermediate between the Berycomorphi and Percomorphi and that include the John Dorys and a few related forms

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from zeo- (from Zeus) + -morphi

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