osmeriform

Meaning

1. adjective Of the order Osmeriformes of ray-finned fish, characterised by having the maxilla in the gape of the mouth, radii absent from the scales, and loss of the basisphenoid and orbitosphenoid bones.

Similar words

ray-finned porolepiform zeiform lampriform ostraciiform pharyngognathous myctophiform gadiform perciform actinopterygian