labriform

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the taxonomic order of fish Labriformes.

Adjective[edit]

labriform (not comparable)

  1. Describing a method of swimming in which fish make oscillatory movements of their pectoral fins

Noun[edit]

labriform (plural labriforms)

  1. Any wrasse of the order Labriformes