单词 | catostomid |
释义 | catostomid, n. and a.|kəˈtɒstəmɪd| [ad. mod.L. Catostomidæ, f. Catostomus, the typical genus, f. Gr. κάτω down + στόµα mouth.] A. n. A freshwater fish of the family Catostomidæ, found chiefly in North America, and including the suckers and buffalo fishes. B. adj. Of or pertaining to this family.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1908Smithsonian Misc. Coll. V. 97 This character suggests a cyprinid or a Catostomid. 1957P. J. Darlington Zoogeography 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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