Fistulariidae

plural noun

Fis·​tu·​la·​ri·​idae

ˌfis(h)chələˈrīəˌdē

: a family (type genus Fistularia) of hemibranchiate fishes of warm seas that have the head prolonged into a tube with the mouth terminal, that are otherwise structurally similar to the sticklebacks, and that comprise the cornetfishes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Fistularia, type genus (from Latin fistula + New Latin -aria) + -idae

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