a. and sb. Zool. Also -ian. [f. mod.L. cycloide-us (f. Gr. κυκλοειδής CYCLOID) + -AN.] A. adj. Belonging to the cycloid fishes. B. sb. A cycloid fish.
1837. Buckland, Geol., I. 270. The Herring and Salmon are examples of Cycloidians.
a. and sb. Zool. Also -ian. [f. mod.L. cycloide-us (f. Gr. κυκλοειδής CYCLOID) + -AN.] A. adj. Belonging to the cycloid fishes. B. sb. A cycloid fish.
1837. Buckland, Geol., I. 270. The Herring and Salmon are examples of Cycloidians.