beryciform

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Adjective

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beryciform (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes

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Noun

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beryciform (plural beryciforms)

  1. Any fish of the order Beryciformes.
    • 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 83:
      Here, cold water rises from the depths, sometimes bringing with it deep-dwelling oddities such as the big-eyed beryciforms: shiny slimeheads and fangteeth.