Marine Biology

noun a large edible fish that is a popular food source

adjective relating to or characteristic of the color of salmon flesh, which is a pale pinkish-orange

• The restaurant served a delicious grilled salmon with lemon butter sauce.
• I love ordering salmon at my favorite seafood spot.
• Let's grab some salmon and chill at the beach.
• Her words were like swimming upstream, trying to catch a salmon in a fast-flowing river.

adjective relating to or characteristic of the Acanthodei, an extinct group of jawed fish from the Paleozoic era

• The acanthodean fossils found in this region date back to the Devonian period.
• I heard that the acanthodean fish were the first to develop jaws in prehistoric times.
• Check out these cool acanthodean skeletons at the museum!
• His sharp wit was like an acanthodean spine, always ready to defend his arguments.

noun a group of primitive ray-finned fishes including sturgeons and paddlefishes

• Acipenseriformes, commonly known as acipenserids or sturgeons, are a group of primitive fish with distinctive features.
• I saw a huge acipenseres while fishing in the river yesterday.
• That acipenseres is one ugly looking fish!
• The acipenseres of knowledge in that book are truly valuable.

noun a taxonomic group that includes sturgeons and paddlefishes, known for their cartilaginous skeletons and elongated bodies

• The acipenseroidae is a suborder of bony fish that includes sturgeons and paddlefish.
• I learned that acipenseroidae are a type of fish that are known for their unique appearance.
• Have you ever seen those big acipenseroidae fish with the long snouts?
• The acipenseroidae swims gracefully through the water like a majestic underwater dancer.

noun a family of snakes commonly known as file snakes or pipe snakes

• The Acrochordidae is a family of snakes commonly known as file snakes or wart snakes.
• Have you heard of the Acrochordidae family? They're also called file snakes.
• Those file snakes from the Acrochordidae family are pretty cool, huh?
• The Acrochordidae family is like the file organizers of the snake world, keeping everything in order.