Meaning of osmerid | Babel Free

Definitions

Any fish of the family Osmeridae, a smelt.

Examples

“Getting back to feeding, we found it convenient at Point⟳ Mugu to use⟳ two forms of fish⟳: the smaller osmerids for training purposes (they are cleaner than cut⟳ fish⟳), and mackerel.”

“She proved the independence of the evolutionary development of osmerids and plecoglossids which form⟳ an independent suborder and clearly outlined main traits of similarity and difference of the Salmonoidei and the osmerids.”

“Osmerids are generally small, silvery, elongate fishes that swim⟳ in the water column.”

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