Ichthyology Dictionary

Introduction to Dictionary

by Brian W Coad 

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"Ah fishsticks!"

an expression used on the TV cartoon South Park in place of swear words by Leopold "Butters" Stotch, the most innocent and …

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-arium (suffix)

meaning a display usually involving water such as an oceanarium, q.v.

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-arum

the genitive plural suffix used for species-group names derived from the names of two or more female persons.

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A

abbreviation for acre.

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A

abbreviation for anal fin (rays).

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A

annual total mortality rate (the number of fish which die during a year divided by the initial number. Also called actual …

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a posteriori classification

a classification made based on the results of experimentation.

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a priori classification

a classification made prior to experimentation.

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a- (prefix)

lacking, absence of, not, without; but see below, a-fishing.

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A-B direction

in net making, the direction parallel to a rectilinear sequence of mesh bars, each from adjacent meshes.

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