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Regalecidae

noun

ribbonfishes

• Syn: ↑family Regalecidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Malacopterygii, ↑superorder Malacopterygii

• Member Meronyms: ↑Reglaecus, ↑genus Regalecus

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\\ˌregəˈlesəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Regalecus, type genus + -idae

: a family of large marine fishes (order Allotriognathi) constituted by the oarfishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.