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Webster 1913 Edition

Syngnathi

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Syng′na-thi

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

σύν

with + [GREEK] jaw.]

(Zool.)

A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The pipefishes and sea horses are examples.

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Syng′na-thous

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Adj.