Definition of Polyodontidae

1. Noun. Paddlefishes.

Exact synonyms: Family Polyodontidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Ganoidei, Order Ganoidei
Member holonyms: Genus Polyodon, Polyodon, Genus Psephurus, Psephurus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyodontidae

Polygonum fagopyrum
Polygonum orientale
Polyhymnia
Polyhymnian
Polymastigina
Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
Polymox
Polynemidae
Polynesia
Polynesian
Polynesian arrowroot
Polynesian tattler
Polynesians
Polyodon
Polyodon spathula
Polyodontidae (current term)
Polypedates
Polypedatidae
Polypheme
Polyphemus
Polyplax
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiales
Polypodium aureum
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Polypodium polypodioides
Polypodium scouleri
Polypodium virgianum
Polypodium vulgare
Polyporus frondosus

Literary usage of Polyodontidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Barbels are absent in the Polyodontidae, In the Polyodontidae, represented by one species, the paddle- fish or spoon-bill (Polyodon folium), ..."

2. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"Polyodontidae. Paddle-fishes. Snout very long and spa.tulate. Parietal and frontal bones paired. Mouth large, with minute teeth in both jaws; ..."

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