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Meaning of FISTULARIA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  type genus of the family Fistulariidae
 
 Synonyms: genus Fistularia
 
 See Also: cornetfish, family Fistulariidae, fish genus, Fistulariidae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fis`tu*la"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. fistula pipe.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube,
with the mouth at the extremity.
 

 

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