English Explanatory Dictionary

scytalinid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of the family Scytalinidae of very slender burrowing fish called graveldivers.

Word forms

scytalinid scytalinids

Etymology

From Latin Scytalinidae, from Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “club”) + -ινος (-inos, “-ine”) + -ίδης (-ídēs, “-id”). Equivalent to scytale + -ine + -id.

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