Definition of Hemiramphidae

1. Noun. Halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide.

Exact synonyms: Family Hemiramphidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Order Synentognathi, Synentognathi
Member holonyms: Halfbeak

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemiramphidae

Hemerobiidae
Hemerocallidaceae
Hemerocallis flava
Hemerocallis lilio-asphodelus
Hemiascomycetes
Hemigalus
Hemigalus hardwickii
Hemigrammus
Heming
Hemingway
Hemingwayan
Hemingwayesque
Hemiprocnidae
Hemipteronatus
Hemipteronatus novacula
Hemiramphidae (current term)
Hemispora
Hemitripterus
Hemitripterus americanus
Hemminge
Hemofil
Hempelian
Henan
Henderson
Hendersonula toruloidea
Hendra
Hendrey
Hendrick
Hendricks

Literary usage of Hemiramphidae

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

1. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"... and small underslung mouth. On coral reefs where it grazes on algae and minute crustaceans. 50 cm. Hemiramphidae ..."

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