muraenidn.adj.
/mjʊˈriːnɪd/, U.S. /mjʊˈrinɪd/ Zoology.
A. n.
A fish of the family Muraenidae; a moray eel.
ΚΠ
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Murænidæ Murænid, n.
1910 Science 31 789 While the upper bones of the Anguillids and other platyschistous eels have been admitted to be maxillaries, the lateral dentigerous bones of the Murænids have been homologized with the palatines.
1954 Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. B. 39 25 This species [sc. Muræna tile] is the commonest Murænid in the estuaries of Bengal and Orissa.
1969 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 132/2 The muraenids are identified by a combination of characteristics, important ones being the absence of pectoral fins, [etc.].
1992 Japanese Jrnl. Ichthyol. 39 183 A new muraenid, Gymnothorax ypsilon, is described from seven specimens from Japan and four from the Hawaiian Islands.
B. adj.
Of or belonging to the family Muraenidae, which comprises the moray eels; of or relating to muraenids.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [adjective] > belonging to family Muraenidae
muraenoid1848
muraenid1949
1949 Q. Rev. Biol. 24 284 Remotti (1925) carried out a variant of the above experiment on muraenid eggs.
1954 Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. B. 39 24 The Murænid leptocephali could be divided broadly into two groups.
1977 Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 41 161 Three new species of Indo-Pacific muraenid eels are described.
1997 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 148 171 Scuticaria Jordan and Snyder, 1901..is defined and recognized as a valid muraenid genus.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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