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Cycloidei
Pronunciation : Cy*cloi"de*i (s-kloi"d-)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [NL., fr. Gr. -oid.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial.
pl.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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