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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ichthyology, an order of physostomous fishes with a precoracoid arch, no coronoid or symplectic bone, the pterotic annular and including a cavity closed by a special bone, parietals distinct, and vertebræ simple.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the tail.
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