labroid

English

Etymology

Labrus +‎ -oid

Adjective

labroid (comparative more labroid, superlative most labroid)

  1. (ichthyology) Like or belonging to the suborder Labroidei of marine perciform fishes, often brilliantly coloured, and very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
    The tautog and cunner are American labroid fishes.

Noun

labroid (plural labroids)

  1. (ichthyology) Any fish of this kind.

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