English Explanatory Dictionary

polymixiid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any beardfish in the family Polymixiidae.

Word forms

polymixiid polymixiids

Etymology

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Polymixiid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, translingual Polymixi(a) + -id.

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