sphyraenoid

English

Etymology

Latin sphyraena a kind of sea fish, +‎ -oid.

Adjective

sphyraenoid (comparative more sphyraenoid, superlative most sphyraenoid)

(zoology) Of or relating to the Sphyraenidae, a family of marine fishes including the barracudas.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sphyraenoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)