Salangidae

plural noun

Sa·​lan·​gi·​dae

-jəˌdē

: a family of small slender translucent salmonoid fishes of China and Japan see icefish

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Salang-, Salanx, type genus (from Greek, a kind of fish) + -idae

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