Definition of Family macruridae

1. Noun. Grenadiers.

Exact synonyms: Family Macrouridae, Macrouridae, Macruridae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Gadiformes, Order Gadiformes
Member holonyms: Grenadier, Rattail, Rattail Fish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Macruridae

family Loxomataceae
family Lucanidae
family Lutjanidae
family Luvaridae
family Lycaenidae
family Lycoperdaceae
family Lycopodiaceae
family Lycosidae
family Lygaeidae
family Lymantriidae
family Lythraceae
family Machilidae
family Macropodidae
family Macrorhamphosidae
family Macrouridae
family Macruridae
family Magnoliaceae
family Majidae
family Malacanthidae
family Malpighiaceae
family Malvaceae
family Mammutidae
family Manidae
family Manteidae
family Mantidae
family Mantispidae
family Marantaceae
family Marattiaceae
family Marchantiaceae
family Marsileaceae

Literary usage of Family macruridae

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

1. The Fauna of the Deep Sea by Sydney John Hickson (1894)
"... in one haul of the dredge off the coast of Morocco in 500 fathoms of water no fewer than 134 fish, of which number 95 belonged to the family Macruridae. ..."

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