catostomidn.adj.
/kəˈtɒstəmɪd/ A. n.
A freshwater fish of the family Catostomidæ, found chiefly in North America, and including the suckers and buffalo fishes.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Catostomidae (suckers) > member of (sucker)
sucker1753
sucker1772
mudsucker1820
catostomid1889
1889 in Cent. Dict. Catostomid, pertaining to or characteristic of the Catostomidæ.
1908 Smithsonian Misc. Coll. V. 97 This character suggests a cyprinid or a Catostomid.
1957 [see sense B.]. B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this family.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [adjective] > of or relating to Catostomidae
catostomid1889
1889 in Cent. Dict. Catostomid.., a fish of the family Catostomidæ.
1957 P. J. Darlington Zoogeogr. i. 32 This is consistent with its [sc. Myxocyprinus] being a relict of an earlier Chinese catostomid fauna... The closest relatives of the catostomids are the cyprinids, the carps and their allies.
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n.adj.1889