anguillidae
NounSynonyms:
family Anguillidae
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawnSynonyms: family AnguillidaeType of fish familyMember of Anguilliformes, order AnguilliformesMembers Anguilla, genus Anguilla
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Anguillidae noun
a natural family of eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn. Syn. — family Anguillidae.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5