Nandidae

plural noun

Nan·​di·​dae

ˈnandəˌdē

: a family of small deep-bodied percoid fishes of warm fresh and salt waters of the southern hemisphere compare leaf fish

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Nandus, type genus (perhaps from Sanskrit nāndī joy) + -idae

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