Agonidae

plural noun

Agon·​i·​dae

ə-ˈgä-nə-ˌdē

: a family of small slender fishes (order Scleroparei) having the body covered with overlapping striated often spiny plates

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Agonus, type genus + -idae

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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