Syng"na*thi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. with + jaw.] Zool.

A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The pipefishes and sea horses are examples.

-- Syng"na*thous (#), a.

 

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