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Webster 1913 Edition
Taeniosomi
‖
Taeˊni-o-so′mi
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ταινία
ribbon + σῶμα
body.] (Zool.)
An order of fishes remarkable for their long and compressed form. The ribbon fishes are examples. See
Ribbon fish
, under Ribbon
.