cestraciontn.adj.
/sɛˈstreɪsɪɒnt/ Zoology.
Belonging to the family of fishes of which the Cestracion is the representative. Used also as noun.
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1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §589 The teeth..not so much flattened as those of the Cestracionts.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 276 The Cestraciont family of sharks.
1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. xiv. 230 Many of the Placoids are Cestraciont fish.
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