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Definition of Molidae
1. Noun. Ocean sunfishes.
Exact synonyms: Family Molidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Plectognathi, Order Tetraodontiformes, Plectognathi
Member holonyms: Genus Mola
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Plectognathi, Order Tetraodontiformes, Plectognathi
Member holonyms: Genus Mola
Lexicographical Neighbors of Molidae
Literary usage of Molidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"A remarkable peculiarity occurs in the sun fishes (Molidae), where the body is
greatly shortened and where the spinal cord undergoes a corresponding ..."
2. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"Molidae SUNFISH The sunfish family contains three species of ocean travelling,
distinctively-shaped laterally compressed fish, which appear on first sight ..."
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