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Meaning of POLYNEME

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pol"y*neme\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? thread.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the
family {Polynemid[ae]}. They have several slender filaments,
often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield
isinglass of good quality. Called also {threadfish}.
 
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