Ophidiidae

plural noun

Ophi·​di·​idae

ˌäfəˈdīəˌdē,

ˌōf-

: a family of elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes comprising the cusk eels and with related forms constituting a suborder of Percomorphi

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Ophidion, type genus (from Latin ophidion, fish resembling the conger, from Greek, diminutive of ophis) + -idae

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