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Definition of Syngnathidae
1. Noun. Pipefishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Solenichthyes, Solenichthyes
Member holonyms: Needlefish, Pipefish, Genus Syngnathus, Syngnathus, Cosmocampus, Genus Cosmocampus, Genus Hippocampus, Hippocampus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syngnathidae
Literary usage of Syngnathidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"... arranged upon irradiating series ; and over the sides of the head, in series
irregularly undulating. List, of specimens. Family syngnathidae, Bo nap. ..."
2. Convergence in Evolution by Arthur Willey (1911)
"... fins (absent in the syngnathidae) are enlarged and combine together to form
a brood-chamber, within which the eggs are borne upon cutaneous discs, ..."
3. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by Neville Wood, William Holl, Edward Mammatt (1836)
"Consequently, Syngnathus may be regarded as a synonym of the Pipe-fish genus;
and syngnathidae,—of the Family of the Pipe-fishes. ..."
4. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"... arranged upon irradiating series ; and over the sides of the head, in series
irregularly undulating. List, of specimens. Family syngnathidae, Bo nap. ..."
5. Convergence in Evolution by Arthur Willey (1911)
"... fins (absent in the syngnathidae) are enlarged and combine together to form
a brood-chamber, within which the eggs are borne upon cutaneous discs, ..."
6. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by Neville Wood, William Holl, Edward Mammatt (1836)
"Consequently, Syngnathus may be regarded as a synonym of the Pipe-fish genus;
and syngnathidae,—of the Family of the Pipe-fishes. ..."
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