Monacanthidae

plural noun

Mon·​a·​can·​thi·​dae

: a family of bony fishes (order Plectognathi) including the filefishes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Monacanthus, type genus (from mon- + -acanthus) + -idae

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