Labroid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Labroid \La"broid\, a. [Labrus + -oid.] (Zool.)
     Like the genus {Labrus}; belonging to the family
     {Labrid[ae]}, an extensive family of marine fishes, often
     brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian
     and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American
     examples.


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