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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A family of iniomous fishes, exemplified by the genus Paralepis, with elongate body covered with cycloid scales, long head, deep mouth, slender maxillaries closely adherent to the premaxillaries, short dorsal fin at about the middle of the body, and an adipose fin.

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