Definition of Ophidiidae
:a family of elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes comprising the cusk eels and with related forms constituting a suborder of Percomorphi
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Ophidiidae
plural noun
Ophi·di·idae
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ˌäfəˈdīəˌdē
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ˌōf-
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Origin and Etymology of ophidiidae
New Latin, from Ophidion, type genus (from Latin ophidion, fish resembling the conger, from Greek, diminutive of ophis) + -idae
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