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labroid

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Like or belonging to the suborder Labroidei of marine perciform fishes, often brilliantly coloured, and very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology

Examples

  • The tautog and cunner are American labroid fishes.

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noun

Meaning 2

Any fish of this kind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology

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History

Etymology

From Labrus + -oid.