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stromateid

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stro⋅ma⋅te⋅id

  [stroh-muh-tee-id]
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–noun
1. any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.
–adjective
2. belonging or pertaining to the Stromateidae.
Origin:
< NL Stromateidae name of the family, equiv. to Stromate(us) a genus < Gk strōmateús bed-covering of patchwork, a kind of fish, (deriv. of strôma, s. strōmat- mattress; see stroma ) + NL -idae -id 2
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stromateid

noun
small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines [syn: butterfish] 
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