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Meaning of CYCLOIDEI

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cy*cloi"de*i\ (s?-kloi"d?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
ky`klos circle + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
 
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