Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the mouth and air-bladder connected by an air-duct, as a fish; specifically, of or pertaining to the Physostomi. Also physostomatous, physostome.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a duct to the air bladder.
- adjective Pertaining to the Physostomi.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having a
duct to theair bladder . - adjective zoology Relating to the Physostomi.
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Examples
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On the other hand, the Characinidæ (a family of the physostomous fishes) are found in Africa and South America, and not in India, and even its component groups are so distributed, -- namely, the _Tetragonopterina_ [146] and the _Hydrocyonina_. [
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
hernesheir commented on the word physostomous
Also physostomatous, physostome.
July 14, 2010