Ophicephalidae

plural noun

Ophi·​ce·​phal·​i·​dae

ˌäfəsə̇ˈfaləˌdē,

ˌōf-

: a family of elongated cylindrical carnivorous labyrinth fishes comprising the snakehead mullets of eastern Asia and Africa and usually made coextensive with a suborder of Percomorphi

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Ophicephalus, type genus (from ophi- + -cephalus) + -idae

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