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Webster 1913 Edition

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rop.

Noun.

pl.

[NL., from Gr.

ξένοσ

strange + [GREEK], dim. of [GREEK] a wing.]

(Zool.)

A suborder of fishes including

Gobiesox

and allied genera. These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral sucker supported in front by the pectoral fins. They are destitute of scales.

Xenopterygii

A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii – bony fishes; coextensive with the family Gobiesocidae.