HyperDic: order_pediculati

English > 1 sense of the expression order Pediculati:
NOUNanimalorder Pediculati, Pediculatianglers and batfishes
English > order Pediculati: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninganglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth.
SynonymPediculati
Member ofAcanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygiiteleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
MembersAntennariidae, family Antennariidaefrogfishes
Batrachoididae, family Batrachoididaetoadfishes
Lophiidae, family Lophiidaelarge-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers
Ogcocephalidae, family Ogcocephalidaebatfishes
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals

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